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NEWS ABOUT: wiretapping

wiretapping stories: 10 news summaries

Look Out, Wall Street:
Feds Using Wiretaps Now

Insider trading case against Galleon is first to use the tactic

Oct 17, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The bad boys of Wall Street better watch their mouths. Federal prosecutors used wiretaps to make their case against hedge fund giant Raj Rajaratnam this week, and they plan to use them again in similar investigations. Wiretaps may be common when going after the mafia, say, or terrorists, but their... More »

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Wall Street • insider trading • hedge fund • wiretap • wiretapping • Raj Rajaratnam • Galleon Group

Obama Supports Extending Patriot Act Provisions

Administration tells Congress it wants to renew surveillance laws

Sep 16, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(AP) - The Obama administration supports extending three controversial provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year,  AP reports. The Justice Department tells Congress in a letter they will back preserving the post-9/11 law's authority to access business records, monitor so-called "lone... More »

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Department of Justice • American Civil Liberties Union • domestic surveillance • surveillance • Patriot Act • wiretapping • Obama administration • President Obama

Judge: CIA Used Fraud to
Get Wiretap Case Dismissed

Orders Tenet to explain misleading actions on wiretap suit

Jul 21, 09 9:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - US District Judge Royce Lamberth released hundreds of secret filings yesterday, saying the CIA falsely claimed that state secrets were involved in a 15-year-old wiretapping lawsuit, McClatchy reports. The agency allowed the judge to continue believing that an agent involved in the case was undercover, when in reality that cover... More »

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CIA • George Tenet • federal courts • lawsuit • wiretap • undercover • Leon Panetta • wiretapping • U.S. District Court • Royce Lamberth

OPINION

Yoo: Wiretaps Were Legal and Necessary

President had right to violate 'obsolete' FISA, Bush lawyer writes

Jul 16, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last week the inspectors general of the Justice Department, CIA, and other agencies suggested the Bush administration violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, singling out lawyer John Yoo for memos justifying warrantless wiretapping. Yoo defends himself today in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, writing that FISA was "an obsolete... More »

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Bush administration • Department of Justice • surveillance • FISA • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act • warrantless wiretapping • John Yoo • electronic surveillance laws • wiretapping • memo

glossies

Your Cell Phone May Be Eavesdropping


Jun 6, 09 7:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Be careful where you leave your cell phone. All it takes is a quick download—the equivalent of loading a ringtone—to install software that wiretaps your calls and even records ambient noise when the phone is unused. Experts say a surprising number of spouses, co-workers, and parents are using... More »

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cell phones • wiretap • spying • eavesdropping • smartphones • wiretapping

OPINION

 Save the Trauma Excuses: 
 You Failed on 9/11 

Cheney, Rice too often resorted to the extreme without doing their homework

May 31, 09 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ironically, Dick Cheney and Condoleezza Rice have defended their post-9/11 decisions by appealing for empathy, arguing that only those in charge on that bleak day could understand. “I have little sympathy for this argument,” Richard Clarke, who was there, retorts in a withering piece for the Washington Post,... More »

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Dick Cheney • Donald Rumsfeld • Condoleezza Rice • Richard Clarke • terror suspects • George W. Bush • wiretapping • 9/11 attacks

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi said today she knew fellow California Democrat Jane Harman was the subject of intelligence wiretaps, but she couldn’t spill because the information had come in a confidential briefing, CQ Politics reports. “Even if I wanted to share it with her I would not have had the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Jane Harman • confidential information • speaker of the House • wiretapping

(Newser) - A photo of Richard Nixon with Rod Blagojevich has surfaced in what Time Out Chicago describes as an ironic twist of fate and a reminder that politicians should rely on better role models. “In 1980, most twenty-something men probably pined to bump into one of the Beatles or maybe... More »

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politics • Watergate • impeachment • Richard Nixon • resignation • Illinois • Rod Blagojevich • scandal • wiretapping

(Newser) - Former Hollywood detective Anthony Pellicano was sentenced 15 years in prison today, Variety reports. Convicted earlier this year on 78 counts including wiretapping and conspiracy, Pellicano was also told to pay $2 million with two other defendants. Former Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch, who helped bring Pellicano to trial,... More »

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celebrity trials • sentencing • Anthony Pellicano • wiretapping

 Hollywood Private Eye
 Found Guilty 

'Ultimate problem solver' Pellicano faces hefty term after racketeering conviction

May 15, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Celebrity private detective Anthony Pellicano was found guilty today of 76 of the 77 charges he faced, including racketeering, wire fraud, and illegal wiretapping, the Los Angeles Times reports. Pellicano, 64, could face a life sentence after prosecutors won conviction on charges he illegally threatened and placed several prominent celebrities... More »

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Hollywood • corruption • celebrity • racketeering • Anthony Pellicano • private investigator • wiretapping

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