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May 2008
- Domestic Spying Shuts Down US Foundation
  
  Salon | May 19, 08 5:30 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Al-Haramain foundation was wiretapped, raided, closed down, and had its accounts frozen 4 years ago for allegedly funding terrorists. The Ashland, Ore. group's leaders landed in legal and financial jeopardy, but to this day have not seen the evidence against them. Salon dissects the case as an example of Washington's Kafkaesque domestic spying program. More »
  
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  National Security Agency • domestic spying
March 2008
- House Rejects Immunity for Telecoms Again
  
  Reuters | Mar 14, 08 3:10 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The House again spurned President Bush today, passing a version of an anti-terrorism surveillance bill that does not grant retroactive immunity to the telecom companies that participated in the government's warrantless-wiretapping program. The vote was 213-197, far less than the two-thirds majority needed to override a promised presidential veto, Reuters reports, and followed an unusual secret session convened last night. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • warrantless wiretapping • FISA • National Security Agency • telecommunications companies • immunity • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
- NSA Spying Branches Out
  
  Wall Street Journal | 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 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
October 2007
- Ex-Qwest CEO Claims Spy Effort Began Before 9/11
  
  Washington Post | Oct 13, 07 9:34 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Joseph Nacchio, the former CEO of Qwest Communications, claims that the National Security Agency asked his company in February, 2001, to participate in a potentially illegal surveillance program—and when he declined, punished the company by dropping a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars, reports the Washington Post . The allegation puts NSA's move to get access to Americans' phone records without a warrant six months before 9/11. More »
  
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  warrantless wiretapping • insider trading • National Security Agency • Qwest • Joseph Nacchio
- Dems Will Cave on Wiretaps
  
  New York Times | Oct 9, 07 7:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Despite having vowed to rein in the administration on wiretapping without warrants, congressional Democrats are preparing to approve bills which would maintain for several years the surveillance authority legalized this summer by the Protect America Act, the New York Times reports. Dems fear that opposing the legislation will label them soft on terrorism. More »
  
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  Nancy Pelosi • warrantless wiretapping • National Security Agency
August 2007
- Cheney Admits He Has Secret Wiretap Documents
  
  Washington Post | Aug 20, 07 11:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Vice President Dick Cheney will resist efforts by Congress to force him to produce dozens of documents relating to a warrantless wiretapping program conducted by the National Security Agency, the Washington Post reports. Cheney's counsel acknowledged for the first time yesterday that the vice president's office has documents relating to the controversial program. More »
  
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  Congress • Dick Cheney • warrantless wiretapping • Patrick Leahy • Senate Judiciary Committee • wiretap • subpoena • National Security Agency
- Bush Signs Law Expanding Wiretap Powers
  
  New York Times | Aug 6, 07 5:26 AM CDT
  
  (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 »
  
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  George W. Bush • privacy • surveillance • wiretap • National Security Agency • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act • eavesdrop • FISA Court
- Rove Won't Testify, Citing Privilege
  
  Washington Post | Aug 2, 07 6:24 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The White House has ordered Karl Rove to keep quiet—despite a subpoena by congressional Dems probing the US Attorney firings. In a political fait accompli, counsel Fred Fielding told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the adviser is "immune from compelled congressional testimony" about White House machinations. More »
  
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  White House • Department of Justice • Karl Rove • Alberto Gonzales • investigation • warrantless wiretapping • Attorney General • Senate Judiciary Committee • executive privilege • National Security Agency
July 2007
- FBI Chief's Testimony Contradicts Gonzales
  
  Washington Post | Jul 27, 07 5:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Pressure mounted on Alberto Gonzales yesterday as FBI director Robert Mueller directly contradicted the attorney general in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. Mueller and Gonzales gave dramatically different accounts about whether the Justice department's secret eavesdropping program was the subject of the now-legendary nighttime confrontation at the hospital bedside of then-Attorney General John Ashcroft. More »
  
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  FBI • Department of Justice • Alberto Gonzales • John Ashcroft • House Judiciary Committee • testimony • National Security Agency • Robert Mueller • eavesdrop • Terrorist Surveillance Program
- Intel Memo Contradicts Gonzales
  
  Associated Press | Jul 26, 07 8:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Alberto Gonzales' Senate testimony this week is at odds with a year-old intelligence document, and the discrepancy may earn the AG in a congressional perjury investigation. At issue is a 2004 White House briefing, which Gonzales has repeatedly testified did not concern the warrantless wiretapping program; a memo from the national intelligence director obtained by the AP says it did. More »
  
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  Alberto Gonzales • warrantless wiretapping • Patrick Leahy • Senate Judiciary Committee • Arlen Specter • John Ashcroft • National Security Agency • Terrorist Surveillance Program

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