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  • June 2008

    • Surveillance Law Gives Sweden Broad Powers

      BBC  |  Jun 19, 08 3:52 PM CDT

      Surveillance Law Gives Sweden Broad Powers

      (Newser) - Sweden's intelligence service will have broad new powers to intercept cross-border calls and emails, without a warrant, under a law passed yesterday, the BBC reports. Critics, meanwhile, say it is impossible to fully distinguish domestic from international traffic without compromising the transmissions. Protesters handed out copies of George Orwell's 1984 outside parliament, the AP notes. More »

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      European Union  • privacy  • warrantless wiretapping  • Sweden  • civil liberties  • domestic wiretapping

    • McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps: Adviser

      New York Times  |  Jun 6, 08 6:14 AM CDT

      McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps: Adviser

      (Newser) - John McCain supports President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program, a top adviser writes in a letter posted on the National Review website. The adviser, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, outlines McCain's belief that the Constitution authorizes the president to override a federal statute that requires court oversight for surveillance. The position marks a sharp contrast to earlier statements by McCain on the issue, the New York Times points out in drawing attention to the letter. More »

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      John McCain  • Bush administration  • warrantless wiretapping  • FISA  • National Review  • domestic wiretapping  • US Constitution

  • April 2008

    • Congress Looks Into FBI's Telecom Spying

      Washington Post  |  Apr 8, 08 12:00 PM CDT

      Congress Looks Into FBI's Telecom Spying

      (Newser) - Congressional Democrats are questioning the cozy relationship between the FBI and telecom companies, the Washington Post reports. Thanks to a 1994 law, all telecom firms have “Quantico circuits”—little-known electronic lines straight to the FBI technology office in Virginia. Telecom technicians can instantly send data over those lines, telling investigators who’s calling whom and from where. More »

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      FBI  • privacy  • Verizon  • telecom industry  • FISA  • John Dingell  • domestic wiretapping

  • March 2008

    • NSA Spying Branches Out

      Wall Street Journal  |  Mar 10, 08 2:50 PM CDT

      NSA Spying Branches Out

      (Newser) - Traditionally charged with foreign surveillance, the NSA has increasingly been analyzing data collected domestically, reports the Wall Street Journal —on a scale comparable to that of a Pentagon proposal Congress killed 5 years ago . "When it got taken apart, it didn't get thrown away," says a former government insider. The NSA can track email, Internet searches, calls, banking, and travel info, all without warrants. More »

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      wiretap  • NSA  • National Security Agency  • government spying  • domestic wiretapping  • domestic spying  • data tracking  • Intelligence Committee

  • January 2008
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