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Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out.
The Obama administration on Wednesday kept up its fight to toss out a lawsuit alleging illegal wiretapping, arguing that moving forward with the case would jeopardize national security.
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's e-mail and telephone eavesdropping program that was done without court approval.
A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program.
In Europe, Big Brother is listening — and being allowed to hear more and more.
Even as the U.S. government is embroiled in a debate over the legality of wiretapping, the fastest-growing technology for Internet calls appears to have the potential to make eavesdropping a thing of the past.
After weeks of insisting it would not reveal details of its eavesdropping without warrants, the White House reversed course Wednesday and provided a House committee with highly classified information about the operation.
Patriot Act Changes: Congress Weighs Extension, ChangesThe Patriot Act -- a favorite tool in the George W. Bush administration's fight against terrorism -- may be renamed later this year as the Justice Act.
Got That New iPod Nano? You Might Risk Arrest In MassachusettsYou may have heard that the new iPod Nano that was just released happens to include a voice recorder among other new features. But if you get one, you might want to be careful how you use it -- especially in certain states, such as Massachusetts.
Grow a Pair, ObamaIn a Daily Beast exclusive, Larry Flynt, the notorious publisher of Hustler magazine tells the president to toughen up, keep his campaign promises, and start whacking the Republicans.
Democrats May Investigate Secret Program - washingtonpost.comHouse Democrats said yesterday that they expect to launch a formal investigation into a secret CIA program that was not disclosed to Congress for almost eight years, a probe that could entangle senior Bush administration officials who oversaw intelligence issues.
Cheney kept CIA program from Congress, source says - CNN.comThe CIA withheld information about a secret counterterrorism program from Congress during the Bush administration on direct orders from then-Vice President Dick Cheney, current CIA director Leon Panetta told members of Congress, a knowledgeable source confirmed to CNN.
How much damage did the Times do? part 2The Times said that it published the story out of concerns about the program's legality, although Risen, Lichtblau and the Times editors have shown no particular understanding of the legal issues involved.
U.S. Wiretaps Were of Limited Value, Officials Report - NYTimes.comWhile the Bush administration had defended its program of wiretapping without warrants as a vital tool that saved lives, a new government review released Friday said the program's effectiveness in fighting terrorism was unclear.
Bush Wiretapping Program Lacked Proper Legal Review July 10 (Bloomberg) -- A wiretapping program conducted by the Bush administration without court search warrants after the 2001 terrorist attacks lacked adequate legal supervision, a report by five U.S. inspectors general said.
NSA Analysts Spied on Their Wives and Girlfriends' Email VIDEODespite confident assurances from the very respectable George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, the NSA did abuse its power.
Liberty and freedom have already suffered under Obama far more than under George W. Bush. This is a hard statement to make. But it is unfortunately true. Introduction
Harman Says She's the Victim in Wiretapping Controversy - TIMECalifornia Congresswoman Jane Harman, under scrutiny for allegedly pledging in a 2005 phone call to try and help two former officials of an Israeli lobbying group accused of conspiring to pass classified information, told TIME on Tuesday that she is not worried about her fate.
Pelosi Said She Knew Harman Was WiretappedSpeaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she was first informed in a confidential briefing a few years ago that Rep. Jane Harman had been recorded by spy agencies, but that she couldn't tell Harman or anyone else about it.
Dem Rep Harman Did Urge Times Not To Publish Wiretapping Expose! Here is a bi-partisan scandal worth delving into. It involves the DOJ, the Fourth Estate, the House of Representatives, the uber powerful lobby AIPAC, wiretapping Americans, and possibly the outcome of the 2004 Presidential election.
If only someone could have predicted this. If only someone could have said maybe the massive expansion of the executive's surveillance and intelligence capacity will be abused for political purposes. Oh, that's right; they did.
Reining In The Imperial Presidency: The Conyers Report and What YOU Can Do With It!A explaination and suggestion as to what you can do with the recently released Conyer's Report on the administration of GWB.
Obama Is Watching You: Officials Say NSA Illegally Intercepted American's Private Emails, Messages, and Calls The National Security Agency intercepted private e-mail messages and phone calls of Americans in recent months on a scale that went beyond the broad legal limits established by Congress last year, government officials said in recent interviews.
Obama's DoJ defends Bush-era wiretaps � The RegisterThe US Justice Department under President Obama is invoking Bush Administration tactics to dismiss a lawsuit alleging federal agents engaged in illegal phone and email surveillance of ordinary US citizens.
Obama Administration Embraces Bush Position on Warrantless Wiretapping and Secrecy | Electronic Frontier FoundationSan Francisco - The Obama administration formally adopted the Bush administration's position that the courts cannot judge the legality of the National Security Agency's (NSA's) warrantless wiretapping program, filing a motion to dismiss Jewel v. NSA late Friday.
Obama Administration Moves to Protect Bush, Cheney, Gonzalez, AT&T et al. on Illegal NSA WiretappingPresident Barack Obama invoked "state secrets" to prevent a court from reviewing the legality of the National Security Agency's warantless wiretapping program, moving late Friday to have a lawsuit that challenged the program dismissed.
Wiretapping Your Data - Possible RiskNew technology called deep packet inspection (DPI), makes it possible to peer inside packets of data transmitted across the internet, without the consent of users. In this article, one of the inventors of the web describes the process as wiretapping.
The Obama Justice Department Adopts the George W. Bush Administration's Legal Stance on Presidential Powers The Obama Administration this week released its predecessor's post-9/11 legal memoranda in the name of "transparency," producing another round of feel-good Bush criticism.
Feds: Block lawyers from classified document[Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation], a now-defunct charity, was inadvertently sent a document in 2004 that reportedly showed it had been wiretapped during an investigation that led to its classification as a terrorist group.
Despite Obama pledge, Justice defends Bush secretsDespite President Obama's vow to open government more than ever, the Justice Department is defending Bush administration decisions to keep secret many documents about domestic wiretapping, data collection on travelers and U.S. citizens, and interrogation of suspected terrorists.
Is the Supreme Court About to Kill Off the Exclusionary Rule? In 1957, the Cleveland police showed up at Dollree Mapp's home looking for a bombing suspect. Ms. Mapp would not let them in without a search warrant, but they entered anyway.
Americans favor probe of 'war on terror' excessesTwo-thirds of Americans favor investigating whether the George W. Bush administration overstepped legal boundaries in its "war on terror," according to a poll released Thursday by USA Today and Gallup.
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