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  • September 2007

    • FBI Data Requests Go Beyond Terror Suspects

      New York Times  |  Sep 8, 07 5:44 PM CDT

      FBI Data Requests Go Beyond Terror Suspects

      (Newser) - US terror suspects are drawing friends and colleagues into the net, the New York Times reports. FBI docs show that probes have sought info on people who suspects call or email the most. Phone companies already keep such data on hand for marketing and fraud protection, one expert says. Such “analysis is extremely powerful and very revealing." More »

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      FBI  • warrantless wiretapping  • surveillance  • wiretap  • Terrorist Surveillance Program

  • August 2007

    • FBI Spied on Coretta Scott King

      Associated Press  |  Aug 31, 07 3:52 AM CDT

      FBI Spied on Coretta Scott King

      (Newser) - FBI agents mounted a four-year spying operation to scrutinize Martin Luther King's widow, Coretta Scott King, following the assassination of the civil rights leader. The newly released documents reveal that the Nixon administration feared Mrs. King, who died last year, might unite the civil rights movement and anti-war protesters into a single movement. More »

    • Dems Afraid They've Let in Big Brother

      New York Times  |  Aug 18, 07 6:59 PM CDT

      Dems Afraid They've Let in Big Brother

      (Newser) - Americans who phone friends or shoot emails overseas could have business records snatched up or be subject to searches whenever Washington wants, the Dems worry – after passing new surveillance powers that they may not have fully understood. Yet the White House swears that “the intent here was pure,” to legalize US operations against foreign terrorists. More »

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      Congress  • Bush administration  • White House  • warrantless wiretapping  • homeland security  • surveillance

    • Chinese Issue Big Brother ID Cards

      New York Times  |  Aug 13, 07 2:48 AM CDT

      Chinese Issue Big Brother ID Cards

      (Newser) - The Chinese government is beefing up already stringent surveillance measures, installing 20,000 police security cameras in one city and issuing computer chip identity cards to millions listing work and reproductive history, religion, police records and even landlord phone numbers. The cards will help track citizens for any number of reasons, including enforcement of its policy limiting couples to one child More »

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      China  • protests  • surveillance  • computer chip  • Communist Party  • identity card  • Shenzhen

    • Bush Signs Law Expanding Wiretap Powers

      New York Times  |  Aug 6, 07 5:26 AM CDT

      Bush Signs Law Expanding Wiretap Powers

      (Newser) - President Bush signed into law yesterday measures significantly expanding the government's authority to eavesdrop on millions of phone calls and e-mails going in and out of the US without warrants. The law, passed by Congress after bruising battles, effectively legalizes secret surveillance being conducted by a controversial National Security Agency eavesdropping program, the New York Times reports. More »

    • House Passes Surveillance Bill

      Washington Post  |  Aug 5, 07 11:47 AM CDT

      House Passes Surveillance Bill

      (Newser) - A bill set to expand the government's warrantless spying program cleared the House last night by a 227-183 vote, the Washington Post reports. Many Democrats put aside profound  reservations, yielding to pressure from the White House and fearing being branded "weak on terror" as the campaign heats up this fall. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Congress  • White House  • War on Terror  • privacy  • surveillance  • wiretap  • Jane Harman  • Jerrold Nadler

    • Senate OKs Spying Program

      Washington Post  |  Aug 4, 07 8:12 AM CDT

      Senate OKs Spying Program

      (Newser) - The Senate voted last night to temporarily extend the government's controversial surveillance program, the Washington Post reports. The contentious 60-28 vote, a  concession to the White House by Democrats, will allow for the continued interception of electronic communication between Americans and overseas parties without  a court order. The measures will be reconsidered in 6 months. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Senate  • warrantless wiretapping  • Joe Lieberman  • surveillance  • wiretap  • NSA

    • Bush to Congress: Not So Fast

      CBS  |  Aug 3, 07 3:40 PM CDT

      Bush to Congress: Not So Fast

      (Newser) - Congress shouldn't go on vacation until it approves reforms to the current laws on government eavesdropping, President Bush said today. Lawmakers are working on a bill that would update the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act so that the US could spy on terror suspects overseas more effectively without impinging on Americans' privacy rights, but a deal remains distant. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Congress  • terrorist  • privacy  • Democratic Congress  • surveillance  • legislation  • Charles Schumer  • spy  • eavesdrop

    • Secret Ruling: Fed Wiretap Plan Illegal

      Washington Post  |  Aug 3, 07 6:26 AM CDT

      Secret Ruling: Fed Wiretap Plan Illegal

      (Newser) - In a secret decision earlier this year a federal intelligence court judge ruled that a key element of the White House's massive wiretapping program was illegal, the Washington Post reports. The decision blocked NSA information collection from a large number of phone calls and emails that pass through two locations overseas before being routed through the US. More »

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      White House  • court  • Fox News  • surveillance  • wiretap  • intelligence  • FISA  • spy  • John Boehner  • NSA

    • DNI Exposes Broader Spying

      Washington Post  |  Aug 1, 07 4:42 PM CDT

      DNI Exposes Broader Spying

      (Newser) - The executive branch has had more authority to spy on citizens than yet reported, the Washington Post revealed today. Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell explained yesterday that the controversial NSA warrantless wiretapping and data mining program was only one element in a broader series of secret surveillance activities issued under a single executive order by President Bush in 2001. More »

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      Alberto Gonzales  • warrantless wiretapping  • surveillance  • wiretap  • Arlen Specter  • Charles Schumer  • spy  • NSA  • Mike McConnell  • data mining  • executive order

  • July 2007

    • Let Gonzo Off the Perjury Hook

      Washington Post  |  Jul 31, 07 4:52 PM CDT

      Let Gonzo Off the Perjury Hook

      (Newser) - Alberto Gonzales’ Senate testimony last week was a disgraceful exercise in dodging, but the perjury charge Democratic senators have been hawking ever since doesn’t hold water, says  the Washington Post ’s lefty Ruth Marcus. In an “unexpected position,” the writer defends Gonzales, saying he may have minced words in testimony about his Ashcroft sickbed visit—but probably didn’t lie. More »

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      Senate  • scandals  • Alberto Gonzales  • Attorney General  • surveillance  • perjury  • wiretap  • John Ashcroft

  • May 2007

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