Surveillance

Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

Gitmo Gotcha, You Betcha

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

Illegal conduct implemented at Gitmo has now metastasized to the shores of the United States. Where is the outrage?

Exclusive Interview: Frank Prewitt, Author Of Last Bridge To Nowhere

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.

A Technology Agenda for the Next Administration

Leslie Harris | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics


Leslie Harris

This privacy nightmare was born one on the one hand of bad legislation, abusive surveillance tactics and politically-motivated fear mongering, and on dramatic changes in technology on the other.

Report: Gonzales Pointing Finger At Bush In Surveillance Investigation

The Atlantic | Murray Waas | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics


In March 2004, White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales made a now-famous late-night visit to the hospital room of Attorney General John Ashcroft, seeking...

End the Fishing Expedition and Abide by (or Fix) the Law

Caroline Fredrickson | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics


Caroline Fredrickson

The Bush administration surmised the terrorist threat had changed the United State's security situation so vastly that the National Security Agency "had to fish with a big net, not a hook"

"A Scarily Efficient Way of Organizing Society": Naomi Klein on China

The Real News | Posted 09.10.2008 | Politics


The Real News

The Real News Network's Paul Jay spoke with author and investigative journalist, Naomi Klein about the Olympic show hiding a scary backdrop. Here's the video.

Frustrated With TV Ads? Run Your Own for $6

Ryan Kauffman | Posted 09.08.2008 | Media


Ryan Kauffman

Instead of having content generated in studios, financed with giant bankrolls, and distributed to the masses on a limited number of channels, SaysMe is encouraging you to attack the media world asymmetrically.

Netroots Nation Diggs Pelosi, Tubes Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Three years ago, web activists were undeniable outcasts in Democratic politics and no bar outside of Berkeley could spell "netroots." Now, the movement has an open line to every player in the party.

We're Spying on You

Clifford J. Tasner | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Clifford J. Tasner

Here's The Billionaires' James Bond-esque musical homage to the Telecom Companies in light of the FISA Telecom Immunity Legislation.

Senate Passes FISA Bill, Gives Telecoms Immunity

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics


Bowing to President Bush's demands, the Senate sent the White House a bill Wednesday overhauling bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdro...

Spying Activists Re-Up Pressure on Obama

Ari Melber | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Though they Obama/FISA protest group now has one objective (urging Obama to change his vote), by increasing its membership, mission and ambition, it has the makings of a broader successful net movement.

Obama Web Site Protest Grows

Bob Ostertag | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Bob Ostertag

Online protest has continued to grow against Obama's decision to support legislation granting legal immunity to telecom companies that cooperated with the Bush's program of wiretapping without warrants.

Surveillance Protest Group Now Tops Obama Website

Ari Melber | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

In many Democratic presidential campaigns, this is precisely the time when the base is ignored. Obama's base activists, however, are still getting heard.

Obama Network Organizes and Revolts Over Spying

Ari Melber | Posted 07.07.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Barack Obama tapped his sizeable grassroots network on Saturday, coordinating over 4,000 "Unite for Change" meetups across the country through the cam...

I'll Trade You the 2nd Amendment for the 4th

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


Cenk Uygur

If the Bush administration releases the fourth amendment that it is currently holding hostage, I'm happy to consider the Supreme Court decision on the second amendment final and decisive.

Surveillance Vote Delayed

The Hill | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


The Senate hit impasses over legislation aimed at helping struggling homeowners and a rewrite of spying laws, forcing Democratic leaders to push back ...

Smile! Bush Wants To Spy On You From The Sky

Newsweek | Posted 07.04.2008 | Politics


A Bush administration program to expand domestic use of Pentagon spy satellites has aroused new concerns in Congress about possible civil-liberties ab...

Feingold Makes Case Against Telecom Immunity

Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) blasted the surveillance compromise bill on the Senate floor today: This legislation has been billed as a compromise betwe...

Dems Who Flipped On Telecom Immunity Got More Telecom Cash

Politico | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics


House Democrats who flipped their votes to support retroactive immunity for telecom companies in last week's FISA bill took thousands of dollars more ...

Dodd And Feingold Will Filibuster Telecom Immunity

Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics


Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Russ Feingold (D-WI) released the following statement today in response to the announcement that the Senate this week w...

In the Theater of the Obtuse

Leslie Harris | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Leslie Harris

The new FISA bill makes U.S. citizens' most private conversations when communicating with people abroad rendered more vulnerable to eavesdropping without adequate judicial oversight. Some in Congress see this as a compromise.

Subsidizing Corporate Crime and Rewarding Constitutional Abuses

Shahid Buttar | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics


Shahid Buttar

Controversial government programs are theoretically restrained by checks and balances, but neither Congress nor the courts have a way to check a secret program.

Ex-CEO: Spy Agency Sought Phone Company Help Months Before 9/11

The New York Times | Scott Shane | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


The phone company Qwest Communications refused a proposal from the National Security Agency that the company's lawyers considered illegal in February ...