Wiretapping

Obama Administration Seeks To Block Wiretap Suit

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 10.31.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Justice Department invoked the state secrets privilege Friday to try to stop a lawsuit over Bush-era wiretapping – the fi...

Patriot Act Changes: Congress Weighs Extension, Changes

L.A. Times | David G. Savage | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Reporting from Washington - The Patriot Act -- a favorite tool in the George W. Bush administration's fight against terrorism -- may be renamed later...

NEA "Scandal": Secretly Taped Conversation Appears to Have Violated State Laws

Lisa Derrick | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


Lisa Derrick

Courrielche has not been been forthcoming about how he came to have the recorded conversations, which may be a way of invoking his right to self-protection, since recording that call was illegal in several states.

John Yoo: Why We Endorsed Warrantless Wiretaps

Wall Street Journal | JOHN YOO | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics


It was instantly clear after Sept. 11, 2001, that our security agencies knew little about al Qaeda's inner workings, could not detect its operatives' ...

Obama's "Drip, Drip, Drip..." Intelligence Problem

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Obama faces a steady drip, drip, drip of stories leaking and becoming public. Wiretapping stories, torture stories, and secret CIA covert stories were all in the news in the past week alone.

Could Murdoch's Love of Gossip Doom His Family?

Michael Wolff | Posted 08.10.2009 | Media


Michael Wolff

Gossip, for Murdoch, is partly business intelligence, but Murdoch also likes to know who is sleeping with whom. It is a prurient interest, but it is also leverage.

Obama Admin Refuses To Release Secret Documents In Wiretapping Case

AP | JIM ABRAMS | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration insists it has no obligation to provide access to a top secret document in a wiretapping case, setting up ...

Judge Who Ordered Judith Miller Jailed Appointed To Spy Court

Raw Story | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics


The judge who ordered former New York Times journalist Judith Miller jailed for refusing to reveal her sources has been appointed to the Foreign Intel...

CIA 'Whistleblower' Informed Hastert Of Harman Wiretap Being Suppressed

CQ | Posted 05.28.2009 | Politics


Former House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert says he learned from a CIA-connected "whistleblower" in 2006 that Bush administration officials were suppressin...

How to Fill Yankee Stadium's Pricey Empty Seats

Dave Astor | Posted 05.28.2009 | Comedy


Dave Astor

Given that the team's super-rich owners used taxpayer subsidies to help finance their gilded ballpark, it serves them right that they're losing some revenue.

Jason Linkins

Representative Harman 'Urged' Times To Not Publish Wiretapping Expose

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.22.2009 | Media


the Times says that Rep. Harman made an effort, on the eve of the 2004 election, to keep the paper from publishing their expose.

Senate Panel To Investigate NSA Wiretapping Violations

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday that the panel would hold a hearing to get to the bottom of reports tha...

NSA Wiretapping: Justice Department Reining It In

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The head of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Thursday that the panel would hold a hearing to get to the bottom of reports tha...

NSA Intercepts Exceed Limits Set By Congress

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU and JAMES RISEN | Posted 05.16.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyo...

Jason Linkins

Virginia GOP Eating Itself Alive; Internal Battle Looms For New Chairman (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics


The Republican Party of Virginia finds itself on the hunt, of late, for America's Next Top Chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia. Why is this?...

Jason Linkins

Scritti Politti: April 6, 2009

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics


Calculated Risk has some great highlights of Bill Moyers interview with University of Missouri professor William K. Black that are worth reading. Her...

FISA Court Quietly Moves To Avoid Accusations Of Bias

Washington Post | Posted 04.02.2009 | Politics


First, the workers encased the room in reinforced concrete. Then came the thick wood-and-metal doors that seal into the walls. Behind those walls they...

Court Rejects Obama Admin's Effort To Stop Wiretapping Suit

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has lost its argument that a potential threat to national security should stop a lawsuit challenging the g...

Support John Conyers' Truth Commission

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Are you frustrated by all the "we need to look forward, not backward" language from Barack Obama and other Democratic leaders? Well, now you can do something about it.

Getting Ready for the Bush Pardons

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Hoyt Hilsman

It would be wrong for an outgoing President who presided over disastrous... enterprises like the torture program to unilaterally slam the door on all future investigations into that conduct.

Jason Linkins

Alberto Gonzales Memoir: What To Expect

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.31.2009 | Media


The drive to produce a book likely stems from these post-White House blues, something Gonzales seems to acknowledge.

My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

Dick Cheney, Interior Decorator

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics


Jeff Schweitzer

It was, perhaps, a dark and rainy day. Through a clearing in the forest the King's horsemen came upon the menacing silhouette of a distant medieval f...

The Wire: Season 6?

Alden Loury | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago


Alden Loury

Hopefully there will be more in a sixth installment of The Wire. U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich have shown us the way.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation Defends Americans

Craig Newmark | Posted 01.09.2009 | Politics


Craig Newmark

There's more drama around the attempts by the current administration to protect people who might have spied illegally on everyday American citizens.