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February 2008
- Supreme Court Won't Hear Wiretapping Case
  
  Los Angeles Times | Feb 19, 08 1:50 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Supreme Court has dismissed the ACLU's legal challenge of President Bush's warrantless wiretapping program, reports the Los Angeles Times . The ACLU had said that by issuing a secret order that allowed wiretapping without abiding by a 1978 law, the president was directly disobeying US law. The court today issued a one-line order declining to hear the suit. More »
- Senate Yields to White House on Eavesdropping
  
  Washington Post | Feb 12, 08 6:41 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Senate passed a bill today to expand the government's wiretapping powers and to grant immunity to phone companies that aided the government in post-9/11 investigations, the Washington Post reports. That translates into a big victory for the White House, notes the New York Times . The bill now goes to the House, which rejected immunity, for negotiations. More »
January 2008
- Bush Urges Economic Boost
  
  CNN | Jan 28, 08 8:52 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - In his final State of the Union speech, an upbeat President Bush plugged his $150 billion stimulus plan today and urged lawmakers not to "load up the bill," CNN reports. He also advised cutting $18 billion in "bloated" programs, promised to veto pork-barrel funding, and asked policymakers to make tax cuts permanent—all to boost an economy that will return to health "in the long run." More »
- White House Still Lacks Email Archive
  
  Washington Post | Jan 22, 08 1:39 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The ongoing controversy over the potential disappearance of millions of White House emails stems from an inadequate archiving system that has not been brought up to snuff despite court orders to do so, the Washington Post reports. In fact, the White House scrapped a system put in place by the Clinton administration but has not replaced it. More »
- FBI Wiretaps Hung Up by Late Phone Bills
  
  Reuters | Jan 10, 08 6:53 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - You’re not alone: The FBI apparently has trouble paying its bills on time, too. A Justice Department audit released today shows that, in general, the FBI handled money earmarked for use in undercover operations poorly, and cited instances in which a phone line used to deliver surveillance information to the Bureau was disconnected because of late payment, Reuters reports. More »
December 2007
- NSA Deepens Tense Alliance with Telecoms
  
  New York Times | Dec 16, 07 2:33 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The telecom industry will be all ears to proceedings beginning tomorrow on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers will decide if companies helping the government’s warrantless surveillance program should receive immunity. President Bush personally lobbied Congress to further the NSA’s tenuous alliance with the industry, whose members are increasingly resistant to phone record requests, the New York Times reports. More »
November 2007
- The Cheney Behind Cheney
  
  New York Review of Books | Nov 25, 07 3:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A new book by former Bush insider Jack Goldstein, The Terror Presidency , spotlights David Addington, the reclusive counsel and key player to Dick Cheney. Called "Cheney's Cheney" in some circles, Addington has designed some of the White House's most controversial policies, including rendition, warrantless wiretapping, and the use of torture, the New York Review of Books reports. More »
- Court Sides With Bush on Wiretapping
  
  Los Angeles Times | Nov 16, 07 4:57 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program cleared a big legal hurdle today when a federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit challenging the program on the grounds of national security. The court, considered one of the most liberal in the country, cited the "state secrets" privilege in its ruling against an Islamic charity with ties to Al-Qaeda. More »
- Congress Torn on Telecom Immunity
  
  ZDNet | Nov 16, 07 7:48 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Congress is conflicted over proposed immunity laws that would retroactively protect telecoms from suits alleging they illegally handed the government information on calls. The Senate Intelligence Committee endorsed immunity 13-2 last month, but the Judiciary Committee left the immunity section out of the document it approved yesterday. The House passed its version of the bill 227-189 last night without immunity. More »
- AG Mukasey Sics Justice Probers on Wiretap Program
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 14, 07 4:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - New Attorney General Michael Mukasey has named the Justice Department 's first investigative target: the Justice Department. Mukasey has reopened an internal probe of the role played by the agency's own attorneys in the controversial post-911warrantless wiretap program, reports the Wall Street Journal. The move is a key signal that Mukasey may operate more independently of the White House than his predecessor. More »
October 2007
- Secret Evidence Isn't Just for Gitmo Anymore
  
  Slate | Oct 17, 07 3:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Department of Justice's stated reason for a major evidence no-show is that it can’t “be reasonably recompiled," Slate ’s Dahlia Lithwick writes, a potentially dangerous precedent. Justice is thinking about redoing some military tribunals rather than present “not readily available” evidence used to brand enemy combatants—and Lithwick says illegally obtained ammo on citizens “might just disappear” too. More »
- Verizon Gave Up Hundreds of Phone Records
  
  Washington Post | Oct 16, 07 10:47 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Verizon gave consumer phone records to the feds without court orders more than 700 times in the past 2 years, the telecom giant has told House investigators. In response to emergency requests, the company also passed along IP addresses, shedding light on the scope of telecom companies' cooperation with federal investigators whether or not they had warrants, the Washington Post reports. More »
- 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 »
- 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 »
September 2007
- FBI Data Requests Go Beyond Terror Suspects
  
  New York Times | Sep 8, 07 5:44 PM CDT
  
  (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."