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Reid Considers Extending Protect America Act For One Month

The Hill | Manu Raju | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday he would seek to extend a controversial interim wiretapping law through February to avoid the ea...

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Bush Administration Going To Court Over CIA Tapes

AP | MATT APUZZO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A federal judge has ordered a hearing on whether the Bush administration violated a court order by destroying CIA interrogation videos of two al-Qaida...

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Senate Showdown Over Warrantless Wiretapping

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Senate is expected to decide this week whether to shield from civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on ...

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Mukasey Won't Give Congress CIA Tape Details

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today sharply rebuffed congressional demands for details about the Justice Department's inquiry into the destructi...

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CIA Official Who Ordered Tapes Destroyed Lawyers Up

TPMmuckraker | Spencer Ackerman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Blink and you'll miss it in today's New York Times piece on the House's torture ban. But Jose Rodriguez, the CIA's ex-operations director who ordered ...

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Update: Senate Panel Approves Wiretap Bill Without Telecom Immunity

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Senate Judiciary Committee punted on Thursday over whether to shield telecommunications companies from civil lawsuits for allegedly helping the go...

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Justice Department Reopens Warrantless Domestic Spying Investigation

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Justice Department has reopened a long-dormant inquiry into the government's warrantless wiretapping program, a major policy shift only days into ...

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Former CEO Says NSA Punished Phone Firm

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima and Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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A former Qwest Communications International executive, appealing a conviction for insider trading, has alleged that the government withdrew a $100 mil...

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Bush: Give Telecom Firms Immunity For Wiretapping

Associated Press | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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President Bush said Wednesday that he will not sign a new eavesdropping bill if it does not grant retroactive immunity to U.S. telecommunications comp...

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Federal Judge Strikes Down Parts Of Revised Patriot Act

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order ...

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