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  • July 2008

    • Send Blue Dogs to Pound, Elect Real Democrats

      Salon  |  Jul 29, 08 7:30 PM CDT

      Send Blue Dogs to Pound, Elect Real Democrats

      (Newser) - A Democratic Congress has bowed to President Bush on Iraq, waterboarding and FISA, and Glenn Greenwald of Salon says enough is enough. With the help of progressive bloggers, he’s campaigning against so-called “Blue Dog” Dems, hoping to teach the party’s conservatives that they will “lose seats … the more they accommodate the right’s agenda.” Greenwald doesn’t mind if Democrats lose a few seats in the revolt. More »

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      waterboarding  • FISA  • Steny Hoyer

    • Big Brother Comes to Sweden

      Spiked  |  Jul 13, 08 1:01 PM CDT

      Big Brother Comes to Sweden

      (Newser) - Don’t believe the hype: “Sweden is no cuddly liberal democracy,” writes Nathalie Rothschild for Spiked, berating her home country for “introducing the most Draconian surveillance law in Europe.” Known as the FRA law but nicknamed "Lex Orwell " by opponents, the legislation gives intelligence agencies the right to intercept all incoming foreign communication. “Emulate Sweden? No thanks.” More »

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      terrorism  • surveillance  • Sweden  • FISA  • eavesdropping  • government spying  • Big Brother

    • Obama Playing With Fire Over FISA 'Sell-Out'

      Salon  |  Jul 9, 08 8:35 PM CDT

      Obama Playing With Fire Over FISA 'Sell-Out'

      (Newser) - Barack Obama was never the great reformer his supporters made him out to be, but his decision to give telecom companies immunity for spying on Americans is nevertheless "unforgivable," writes Joan Walsh in Salon. She's tired of the "political cave-ins" and says Obama better not to take his base for granted just because John McCain is his opponent. "Telling voters they have no place else to go, before he officially has the nomination, is not a winning strategy." More »

    • Senate passes FISA, 69-28

      Associated Press  |  Jul 9, 08 2:50 PM CDT

      Senate passes FISA, 69-28

      (Newser) - The Senate approved a bill today overhauling the rules on secret US government eavesdropping and granting immunity to telephone companies that helped it listen in after 9/11. The so-called FISA bill passed by a large margin of 69-28. The upper house also voted against three amendments that would have watered down, delayed, or stripped away the immunity provision. More »

    • As Congress Caves on FISA, Coalition Urges Fighting Back

      Salon  |  Jul 8, 08 5:43 PM CDT

      As Congress Caves on FISA, Coalition Urges Fighting Back

      (Newser) - With a vote set for tomorrow on a new domestic surveillance bill that grants immunity to telecoms involved in warrantless wiretapping of US citizens, Glenn Greenwald urges Salon readers to donate to a "coalition devoted to the preservation of basic constitutional protections and the rule of law." The "money bomb" will drop Aug. 8, the anniversary of Nixon's resignation over "lawbreaking and surveillance abuses." More »

    • Supporters Blast Obama on His Own Website

      New York Times  |  Jul 2, 08 10:53 AM CDT

      Supporters Blast Obama on His Own Website

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s abrupt about-face on new FISA legislation that would grant immunity to telcos that aided the Bush administration in warrantless wiretaps has some supporters hopping mad—and they’re using the forums on the candidate's own website to protest, the New York Times reports. During the primaries Obama pledged to oppose the legislation, but now supports a compromise version. More »

  • June 2008

    • Lefties Livid Over Obama's Right Moves

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 24, 08 2:28 PM CDT

      Lefties Livid Over Obama's Right Moves

      (Newser) - Barack Obama’s general-election shift to the center is in full effect on issues from spy powers to taxes, and the liberal left is getting a little steamed, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Democrat's support for cutting corporate taxes, an undivided Israeli Jerusalem and—perhaps most importantly to left activists—the domestic spy-bill compromise have introduced "an element of distrust," one says. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Jerusalem  • FISA  • the moderate vote

    • House Passes Compromise FISA Bill

      Washington Post  |  Jun 20, 08 3:45 PM CDT

      House Passes Compromise FISA Bill

      (Newser) - The House today approved a bill updating FISA law and granting qualified immunity to telecom companies that aided the Bush administration in warrantless wiretapping. A majority of Democrats opposed the bill, which passed 293-129. Nancy Pelosi supported the measure despite serious reservations because it refutes the administration's argument about "inherent authority," the Washington Post reports. More »

    • 'Sweeping' House Deal Would Expand Spy Powers

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 19, 08 11:40 AM CDT

      'Sweeping' House Deal Would Expand Spy Powers

      (Newser) - House leaders brokered a long-awaited compromise on spy powers today, bringing much of the post-9/11 NSA activities—illegal at the time—under law and granting a qualified immunity to telecom companies that participated in the extra-FISA program, the Wall Street Journal reports. The “most sweeping rewrite” of spy law in 30 years, the deal would allow some wiretapping of citizens without a warrant, and expand the power to eavesdrop on transnational communication. More »

    • 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 »

  • May 2008
  • 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