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Wiretap Flaw Could Thwart Feds, Researchers Find

wired.com | Posted 11.12.2009 | Technology

Read More: Denial-of-Service-Attack, Fed Wiretap Flaw, Voip, Wiretap Flaw, Wiretaps, Ddos Flaw, Wire Tap, DOS, Fed Wiretap, Technology News

The researchers say they've found a vulnerability in U.S. law enforcement wiretaps, if only theoretical, that would allow a surveillance target to thw...

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Did Obama Break His Campaign Promise to Scrap the Patriot Act?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Terror War, Constitutional, Bush, Civil Rights, Wiretaps, President Obama, Lone Wolf Terrorists, Patriot Act, Campaign Pledge, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Provisions of the Patriot Act that remain on the books are legally questionable and constitutionally suspect. President Obama has given no hint that he'll change them.

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Elect Hillary's Replacement

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 01.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caroline Kennedy Senate Seat, Blagojevich Obama, Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Blagojevich, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Blagojevich Arrested, Senate Races, Fran Drescher, Obama, Hillary Clinton, The Nanny, Caroline Kennedy, Blagojevich Corruption, David Paterson New York Governor, Pat Quinn, David Paterson, David, New York State Governor, Quinn Blagojevich, Eliot Spitzer, Wiretaps, Rod Blagojevich, Oregon, Politics News
Aaron Zelinsky

There would be the added cost of a special election, but that's a small price to pay for a Senate seat (which, as Governor Blagojevich so eloquently reminded us, is no cheap thing).

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More FBI Privacy Violations Confirmed

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Warwire, Fbi, FBI Director Robert Mueller, Senate Judiciary Committee, Wiretaps, FBI Wiretaps, Justice Department, National Security Letters, FBI Surveillance, Privacy Abuses, Americans Privacy FBI, Politics News

The FBI improperly used national security letters in 2006 to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations, Director Robert M...

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

The Hill | Manu Raju | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wiretapping, Wiretaps, Wiretapping Immunity, Patrick Leahy, Bush Administration, Politics News

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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GOP Senator Pushes To Expand Wiretap Powers

Associated Press | PAMELA HESS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Bush Administration, Mitch McConnell, Kit Bond, Domestic Spying, Wiretaps, Home News

Bond, along with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., sponsored the bill enacted last month. It was largely drawn from an 11-page proposal pushed by the Bush ...

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