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A former phone company employee has been convicted of lying to FBI agents and a federal grand jury investigating wiretapping allegations against Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano.
Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and an associate pleaded no contest Friday to threatening a newspaper reporter who was working on a story about actor Steven Seagal's possible ties to organized crime.
A judge rejected a challenge to a law letting the United States eavesdrop on overseas conversations Thursday, saying fears by Americans that their conversations will be monitored and their rights violated were "purely subjective."
Imprisoned former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and another man have been ordered to stand trial on felony charges in Los Angeles.
A former FBI agent was sentenced Thursday to one year of probation for using the bureau's computers to dig up information on Hollywood executives involved in a prominent wiretapping case.
The director of "Die Hard" has pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles to federal charges alleging he lied during the investigation of a Hollywood private eye.
Law enforcement has gone mobile in its pursuit of wiretaps, as more Americans rely on their cell phones to communicate even in possibly criminal cases.
A federal grand jury on Friday indicted a Hollywood director who had withdrawn a guilty plea to a charge accusing him of lying to federal agents investigating a celebrity wiretapping case.
A computer expert who designed wiretapping software used by private investigator Anthony Pellicano has been sentenced in Los Angeles to 27 months in prison.
The Obama administration has lost its argument that a potential threat to national security should stop a lawsuit challenging the government's warrantless wiretapping program.
A judge has allowed "Die Hard" director John McTiernan to withdraw his guilty plea in a case that involved the wiretapping of Hollywood celebrities and had left him with a four-month prison sentence.
A federal judge on Monday reinstated an Islamic charity's lawsuit challenging a Bush administration surveillance program.
Rights defenders in the former Soviet republic of Georgia have spoken out in support of a South Ossetian activist accused by Georgia of having ties to Russian spy services.
Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano said Tuesday he won't apologize to the people he snooped on for his rich and famous clients but does take responsibility for the investigative tactics that brought him a 15-year prison sentence.
Reversing itself yet again, the State Department said Wednesday it will not meet with an activist from the Russian-backed breakaway region of Georgia who had regular conversations with a KGB official.
Victims of former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano say they have never been able to free themselves from the emotional and financial fallout caused by crimes he committed while wiretapping the rich and famous.
A prominent Hollywood attorney was sentenced Monday to three years in prison in a wiretapping scheme that targeted the former wife of MGM mogul Kirk Kerkorian.
"Die Hard" director John McTiernan will have a chance to withdraw his guilty plea in a Hollywood wiretapping case that got him sentenced to four months in federal prison.
Brazil's national intelligence agency will investigate accusations that its agents tapped the phones of top government officials including the president of the Supreme Court, officials said Saturday.
Former Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano and his entertainment lawyer co-defendant were convicted Friday of charges linked to the wiretapping of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's former wife in a child support battle.
A real-life Hollywood drama featuring sex, lies and tons of money, is missing one essential: a tape.
A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out a lawsuit by an Islamic organization that accused the Bush administration of illegally wiretapping its telephones without warrants.
Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano wants his convictions in a wiretapping case thrown out and says there were several instances of juror misconduct in his federal trial.
Seven famous faces associated with Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano's racketeering case:
The nine-week trial of Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano often had seamy plot lines and suspense worthy of a movie: death threats, offers of murder and extramarital affairs.
The Bush wiretaps worked! (so good that Obama is still using them) An independent federal investigation into President Bush's warrantless intercepts of al Qaeda communications found that intelligence agencies followed the program's procedures, did not spy on innocent Americans and gleaned valuable information on the terror network.
Telecoms Win Dismissal of Wiretap Suits WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday threw out more than three dozen lawsuits claiming that the nation's major telecommunications companies had illegally assisted in the wiretapping without warrants program approved by President George W.
U.S. court dismisses suits in warrantless wiretapsTelecommunication companies AT&T, Verizon and others had suits against them dismissed. The suits alleged that the companies had improperly provided information to the government through the warrantless wiretaps.
Federal judge threatens to sanction Obama administration over secrecyU.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker of San Francisco warned the Obama administration on Friday of severe sanctions if it does not comply with the court's order to turn over a secret document an Islamic group says proves they were illegally spied upon.
Guantanamo Detainee to be Tried in U.S. CourtAn al Qaeda suspect accused in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa will become the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to go on trial in a civilian U.S. court, the Justice Department said on Thursday. More Articles
Poll Matt 5:29: And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Sources: Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPACLink above dead. UPDATED LINK
The New Administration Is Right to Expose the Full Extent of its Predecessor's Blatantly Unconstitutional Actions in the 'War on Terror' -- But Is Dead Wrong to Continue Seeking to Halt Lawsuit Aimed at Holding Bush Accountable for His Warrantless Wiretapping Program
In Final Legal Act, Bush Appeals Spy RulingWith a mere 64 minutes left in its last full day in office, the Bush administration asked a federal judge to stay enforcement of a ruling that would keep alive a lawsuit which tests whether the president can bypass the Congress and eavesdrop on Americans without warrants.
5 Men Are Convicted in Plot on Fort DixA federal jury on Monday convicted five men of conspiracy to kill American soldiers at the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey last year, but acquitted them of attempted murder. More Articles
Senate Vacancies Leave a String of Sordid Tales"Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois, caught on wiretaps that were unsealed in a criminal complaint this week, might have been crude but was certainly right when he said his unfettered power to install anyone he liked in President-elect Barack Obama's old Senate seat was golden.
Ray Kelly's Wiretap Alarm: New York's police chief v. the lawyers on antiterror warrants; Could a Mumbai attack happen in New York? How can we prevent it? India's three days of carnage stand as another warning about how easily terrorists can perpetrate a major attack. So when top New York City counterterrorism officials declare that U.S.
Stuart Taylor: Obama should carry on Bush legacy of illegal wiretaps and 'kick' the Left 'in the teeth.'»National Journal columnist Stuart Taylor offers President-elect Barack Obama some national security advice in his latest piece today:
United States spying on Soldiers, Families, and the Red CrossU.S. intelligence analysts eavesdropped on personal calls between Americans overseas and their families back home and monitored the communications of workers with the Red Cross and other humanitarian organizations, according to two military linguists involved in U.S.
Get FISA Right turns crowdsourced guns on McCainGet FISA Right, the group of socially-networked civil libertarians that formed to pressure Barack Obama on warrantless wiretapping and telecom immunity, is turning its Argus eyes toward John McCain and his Republican allies in Congress.
It's time to acknowledge that there is little difference between the two parties on issues of executive power and civil liberties -- in the minds of the political establishment, rhetoric about the "war on terror" trumps all.
Judge Rejects Bushs View on WiretapsA federal judge in California said Wednesday that the wiretapping law established by Congress was the exclusive means for the president to eavesdrop on Americans, and he rejected the governments claim that the presidents constitutional authority as commander in chief …
Reason Magazine - Would President McCain Obey the Law?In asking Congress to allow warrantless surveillance of Americans' international communications, President Bush is seeking permission to do something he believes he does not need permission to do.
Vote set on FISA compromise, opposed by "strange bedfellows"Though billed as a "compromise" bill, critics say the law would still effectively grant retroactive immunity to telecoms charged with participating in the National Security Agency's controversial program of warrantless wiretaps.
US lawmakers pass wiretaps billUS lawmakers have passed a bill to shield telephone companies who helped in the White House's controversial warrantless wiretaps programme.
McCain: I'd Spy on Americans Secretly, TooIf elected president, Senator John McCain would reserve the right to run his own warrantless wiretapping program against Americans, based on the theory that the president's wartime powers trump federal criminal statutes and court oversight, according to a statement released by hi …
Wiretapping's true danger - it has gone on for decadesfor decades, intelligence analysts -- and the presidents they served -- had spied on the letters and phone conversations of union chiefs, civil rights leaders, journalists, antiwar activists, lobbyists, members of Congress, Supreme Court justices -- even Eleanor Roosevelt and th …
Bush Justice Dept. Admits Ignoring FISA RulingsRequests under Section 215, the so-called "Library Provision," allow the FBI to obtain business record information. The Inspector General found that on two occasions, the FISA Court denied the requests under the Patriot Act.
Wiretap Compromise in WorksHouse and Senate Democratic leaders are headed into talks today that they say could lead to a breakthrough on legislation to revamp domestic surveillance powers and grant phone companies some form of immunity for their role in the administration's warrantless wiretapping program …
GOP walks out after House rejects 21-day wiretap extensionMinority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and fellow Republicans walked out of the House of Representatives midsession earlier today to protest the Democratic leadership's refusal to schedule an immediate vote on the Senate bill.
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