Wiretapping

FISA Fight: Attack Of The Epic Failure

Martin Bosworth | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics


Martin Bosworth

This was a battle the Democrats absolutely could have won. Instead, they knuckled under and granted a corrupt and authoritarian president one of his greatest victories.

Are Progressives Making Too Big A Deal Out Of FISA?

Matthew Yglesias | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics


Scott wonders if people are making too big a deal out of FISA: While I understand there are dozens of real policy difference to disagree with Pre...

The Spying Started Before September 11 -- That's The Whole Point

Dave Johnson | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics


Dave Johnson

Despite what the LA Times said on Saturday, spying actually started a few weeks after Bush took office -- at a time when the administration was ignoring the terrorist threat.

Why We Don't Mind Uncle Sam Tapping Our Phones

Joel Schwartzberg | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living


Joel Schwartzberg

I guess it makes more sense to celebrate our freedom from government tyranny and interference before we give them the okay to monitor our private conversations. No one wants to be a party pooper.

In the Theater of the Obtuse

Leslie Harris | Posted 06.23.2008 | 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.

Friday Talking Points [36] -- End The Media's Pro-McCain Bias! Now!!

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.20.2008 | Media


Chris Weigant

McCain has joked that the media is "his base" of support. It was a funny line, but there is a truth at its core: the media has been hard on Obama but unbelievably light on McCain. And this has to stop. Now.

FISA: It's Time For Some Accountability

Kevin Powell | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics


Kevin Powell

I cannot sit idly by and watch Congress cut backroom deals on warrantless wiretapping. I urge all Congresspeople of conscious to reject any bill that would grant big telephone companies immunity.

Senate Dems Won't Block Wiretapping Compromise

The Hill | Manu Raju | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday that they would not stand in the way of a compromise overhaul of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...

ACLU Takes Sen. Bond to Task on Telecom Immunity

Melissa Hapke | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home


The ACLU wrote that Bond's proposal, "wouldn't actually look at whether telecom companies broke the law; it would just look at what the Bush administration told telecom companies was the law."

Debate Questions I'd (Still) Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.

Pellicano Trial: How the Phone Company Helped Pellicano Wiretap, and Producer Freddie DeMann's Testimony

Allison Hope Weiner | Posted 03.27.2008 | Entertainment


Allison Hope Weiner

You've got to admire how all of these powerful Hollywood fellows are managing to walk away from this Pellicano mess almost completely unscathed.

Bush's Terror Card Backfires on Spying

Ari Melber | Posted 03.26.2008 | Politics


Ari Melber

Will we maintain accountability, oversight and the rule of law while aggressively pursuing terrorists, or will we allow incumbent politicians to trade away our rights to increase their own power?

Friday Talking Points [23]

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

As Robert Anton Wilson pointed out (or William S. Burroughs, if you prefer), hexagram 23 of the I Ching is "breaking apart." Anyone who subscribes to...

Jason Linkins

Alarmist Lede Drives Times Wiretap Story

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 02.27.2008 | Politics


The New York Time's Eric Lichtblau is all a flutter today because, as his headline reads, "In Wiretap's Stead, Uncertainty." Harrowing, terrifying, "...

Debate Questions I'd Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Tomorrow night may be the last debate in the Democratic primary race. This will be the twentieth debate so far, which has to be some kind of record. ...

Court Rejects ACLU Challenge to Wiretaps

AP | MARK SHERMAN | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — An attempt to blast a crippled U.S. spy satellite out of the sky using a Navy heat-seeking missile _ possibly on Wednesday night _ ...

Friday Talking Points [19] -- A "Rare Uprising" Of Democrats

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

It's been a busy week for Democrats, with a lot to cover. There has been good news and bad, but on the whole I'd have to judge the week a success for...

Wiretap Law Expires As Dems Stand Up To Bush

TPMmuckraker | Paul Kiel | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics


What happened? The administration did everything right. The invocation of "countless American lives" hanging in the balance, the specter of terrorists...

Let the Eagle Whore

William Fisher | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics


William Fisher

How much credibility does the Bush first-term attorney general have on the subject of protecting civil liberties and the rule of law?

Friday Talking Points [18]

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.08.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

I'm going to start off with a quick piece of advice for both Democratic campaigns (or perhaps for Howard Dean) -- spend the next few weeks taping ever...

Bush Admin Plan To Broaden Wiretapping Powers Gains Victory In Senate

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics


A White House plan to broaden the National Security Agency's wiretapping powers won a key procedural victory in the Senate on Thursday, as backers def...

Just Say NO to Telecom Immunity

Laura Scher | Posted 01.24.2008 | Media


Laura Scher

I know it's a little odd as the CEO of a phone company to be against immunity for other phone companies. But I'd like to think of myself as the voice of reason.

Cheney Wants Surveillance Law Expanded

AP | TOM RAUM | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney prodded Congress on Wednesday to extend and broaden an expiring surveillance law, saying "fighting the w...

Just Say "No" to Immunity

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics


Jayne Lyn Stahl

Only a bunch of hardcore mobsters would demand immunity before they testify. Is this what public service has become, just another euphemism for organized crime?

Friday Talking Points [14]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.11.2008 | Politics


Chris Weigant

Time for another fun round of Democratic talking points for the weekend ahead! After a hiatus for the year-end awards, and then a special "all electi...


 

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