Wiretapping

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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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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NSA Wiring Telecoms For More Domestic Spying

New York Times | Eric Lichtblau, James Risen and Scott Shane | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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For months, the Bush administration has waged a high-profile campaign, including personal lobbying by President Bush and closed-door briefings by top ...

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Top Intelligence Official: Public Needs To Change Their Definition Of Privacy

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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A top intelligence official says it is time people in the United States changed their definition of privacy. Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, sa...

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Angry Senators Say White House Cut Deal Over Wiretapping

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Judiciary Committee members yesterday angrily accused the White House of allowing the Senate Intelligence Committee to review documents on its ...

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Legal Scholars: Immunity For Telecom Wiretapping Would Set Bad Precedent

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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When previous Republican administrations were accused of illegality in the FBI and CIA spying abuses of the 1970s or the Iran-Contra affair of the 198...

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Leahy: Intel Committee About To 'Cave' To Bush On Wiretapping Immunity

The Hill | Manu Raju | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Thursday condemned Intelligence Committee Democrats for brokering a deal with the White H...

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Verizon Admits Providing Govt With Phone Records Without A Court Order

Washington Post | Ellen Nakashima | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Verizon Communications, the nation's second-largest telecom company, told congressional investigators that it has provided customers' telephone record...

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

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

Read More: Wiretapping, National Security Agency, Nsa, Qwest, Joseph P. Nacchio, Surveillance, Business News

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

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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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Two Months After Vow To Reign In NSA, Dem Concessions On Wiretapping Expected

New York Times | ERIC LICHTBLAU and CARL HULSE | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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Two months after vowing to roll back broad new wiretapping powers won by the Bush administration, Congressional Democrats appear ready to make concess...

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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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