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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: eavesdrop

eavesdrop stories: 4 news summaries

Congress Spooked Into Passing Broad Spying Law

How a weak president scored a surprising win

Aug 11, 07 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - It was a closed-door briefing last month, in which lawmakers were told of a stunning drop in intelligence, that suddenly broke the Democratic opposition to a new spying bill passed last week, the New York Times reports. The Times does a post mortem on the 11th hour passage of... More »

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Democratic Congress • spy • wiretap • eavesdrop • foreign intelligence • warrantless wiretapping

Bush Signs Law Expanding  Wiretap Powers

Legalizes tapping calls and emails in and out
of US without warrant

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... More »

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privacy • surveillance • National Security Agency • wiretap • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act • Tony Fratto • FISA Court • eavesdrop • George W. Bush

Bush to Congress:
Not So Fast

Prez calls on vacation-bound lawmakers to pass reform of eavesdropping law

Aug 3, 07 3:40 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

FBI Chief's Testimony Contradicts Gonzales

Democrats demand perjury probe

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... More »

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Alberto Gonzales • Department of Justice • FBI • John Ashcroft • House Judiciary Committee • Robert Mueller • testimony • National Security Agency • Terrorist Surveillance Program • eavesdrop

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