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NEWS ABOUT: domestic wiretapping

domestic wiretapping stories: 13 news summaries

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 Release 
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Calif. rep decries 'outrageous' 'abuse of power'

Apr 21, 09 1:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - California Rep. Jane Harman demanded today that Justice Department release “unredacted” transcripts of telephone conversations recorded without her knowledge, Politico reports. Harman demanded the wiretapped conversations be released in response to media reports that she was recorded agreeing to try to help two pro-Israel lobbyists accused of spying in... More »

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Israel • FBI • NSA • domestic surveillance • lobbyist • Jane Harman • domestic wiretapping • Eric Holder

(Newser) - The Senate Intelligence Committee is planning an inquiry into the National Security Agency after reports the spy group has been engaged in “overcollection” of information domestically, the New York Times reports. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the chair of the committee, said a hearing would be held within the month. The... More »

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Senate hearings • Dianne Feinstein • Senate Intelligence Committee • National Security Agency • domestic wiretapping • inquiry • overcollection

Critics Blast Obama's
'State Secrets' Court Fight

White House seeks to kill lawsuit by Islamic charity over FBI wiretaps

Mar 25, 09 7:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Civil liberties activists are accusing President Obama of going back on his word and behaving like George Bush when it comes to protecting administration secrets, reports the Washington Post. The harsh criticism comes in the wake of a lawsuit brought by an Oregon Islamic charity seeking damages for the alleged... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • Department of Justice • FBI • lawsuit • warrantless wiretapping • domestic wiretapping • US District Court

OPINION

 Investigate Bush: Conyers 

Congress must review his abuses to prevent a repeat

Jan 16, 09 11:29 AM CST
(Newser) - As the country moves forward, we can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of the past: it’s time to review the abuses of the Bush administration, writes Michigan congressman John Conyers, Jr. in the Washington Post. Congress must keep pushing for “stonewalled” Bush documents; it should create an... More »

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Congress • executive privilege • John Conyers • probe • interrogation techniques • domestic wiretapping • Iraq war • George W. Bush • criminal investigation

 Wiretap Whistleblower 
 Reflects on Fateful Leak 

Fmr. Justice official wrestles with effects of NYT call

Dec 15, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The government lawyer who blew the whistle on the Bush administration’s domestic wiretapping program has wrestled with the consequences of his decision, but he felt obligated to tell the truth, Newsweek reports. “I thought this (secret program) was something the other branches of the government—and the public—... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • Thomas Tamm • warrantless wiretapping • domestic spying • domestic wiretapping • whistleblower

 Obama Likely 
 to Keep Bush 
 Intel Policies 

Positions likely to be filled with pragmatists

Nov 11, 08 11:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama isn’t likely to deliver the radical intelligence policy overhaul many civil liberty groups are craving, advisers tell the Wall Street Journal. Those advisers include former Republican supporters and centrist Clinton officials. “He’s going to take a very centrist approach,” said an ex-Bush and... More »

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Barack Obama • CIA • torture • FISA • warrantless wiretapping • interrogation techniques • domestic wiretapping • wiretapping bill • President Obama

Surveillance Law Gives Sweden Broad Powers

No warrant needed for cross-border phone, e-traffic; foes outraged

Jun 19, 08 3:52 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps: Adviser

Says candidate believes president has right to 'override' law

Jun 6, 08 6:14 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Congress Looks Into FBI's Telecom Spying

Pipeline for intercepted data raises red flags

Apr 8, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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

NSA Spying Branches Out

Domestic calls, email, financial transactions under scrutiny—all without a warrant

Mar 10, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

UPDATED

Bush Urges Economic Boost

In Union speech, prez also backs climate change accord and troop funding

Jan 28, 08 8:52 PM CST
(Newser) - In his final State of the Union speech, an upbeat President Bush plugged his $150 billion stimulus plan today and urged lawmakers not to "load up the bill," CNN reports. He also advised cutting $18 billion in "bloated" programs, promised to veto pork-barrel funding, and asked policymakers... More »

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Iraq • climate change • Congress • terrorism • global warming • troop surge • US economy • domestic wiretapping • State of the Union Address • al-Qaeda • George W. Bush

OPINION

McGovern: Oust Bush, Cheney

Former Dem. nominee rails against duo's 'high crimes and misdemeanors'

Jan 6, 08 1:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Now is the time to impeach President Bush and Vice President Cheney, declares former Democratic nominee George McGovern in a passionate, if quixotic, plea in the Washington Post. The duo have committed a plethora of "high crimes and misdemeanors," says McGovern, including illegal wiretapping, systematic torture, and substantial... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • Dick Cheney • torture • Watergate • Bush impeachment • impeachment • Richard Nixon • warrantless wiretapping • George McGovern • Nixon impeachment • domestic wiretapping • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Senate Brokers Truce With Bush on Domestic Spying

Includes immunity for phone companies

Oct 18, 07 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats and Republicans have brokered a deal on legislation regarding the White House domestic spying and wiretapping program—including a highly controversial grant of immunity to telecommunication companies that co-operated with warrantless wiretaps. The deal marks a victory for the White House because Democrats had to kill a House... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • FBI • Hamas • White House • House Judiciary Committee • American Civil Liberties Union • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Senate Intelligence Committee • Mike McConnell • warrantless wiretapping • domestic spying • John D. Rockefeller • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court • Louie Gohmert • domestic wiretapping • al-Qaeda

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