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Eavesdropping
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Saturday, March 1, 2008
House Democrats may move to split spy bill
National |
March 1, 2008
Under pressure to end an impasse over espionage legislation, House Democrats are considering a plan to vote on a bill next week that would give the government broad new eavesdropping authorities but strip out a provision that would protect phone companies from lawsuits. Read more
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Eavesdropping review postponed
National |
December 18, 2007
The Senate late Monday delayed its consideration of a vote on a
new government eavesdropping bill until January. Read more
Monday, November 12, 2007
Privacy can’t be a total shield, official advises
National |
November 12, 2007
A top intelligence official says it is time that Americans change
their definition of privacy. Read more
Thursday, October 18, 2007
House Republicans derail Democratic spy measure
National |
October 18, 2007
Republicans successfully maneuvered to derail a Democratic
government eavesdropping bill Wednesday, delaying a House vote until
next week at the earliest. Read more
Thursday, October 11, 2007
House panels advance bill to rein in surveillance laws
National |
October 11, 2007
Defying a veto threat from President Bush, congressional Democrats
advanced legislation Wednesday that would put new restrictions on the
eavesdropping authorities of the nation’s spy agencies. Read more
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Panel chairman wants strict new wiretap rules
National |
January 24, 2007
The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday rejected
the Bush administration’s claim that it had brought a controversial
domestic spying program into compliance with the law, saying he
wanted strict new rules requiring the government to obtain a separate
warrant every time it places a wiretap on a U.S. resident. Read more
Friday, January 19, 2007
Wiretap review plan is still unclear
National |
January 19, 2007
A day after announcing that it had scrubbed a controversial
warrantless surveillance program, the Bush administration refused to
provide details to Congress of how a new court-review process for
terror-related wiretaps would work, triggering a fresh round of
complaints and suspicions from Democrats about what the
administration was doing. Read more
Thursday, January 18, 2007
U.S. CEASES WARRANTLESS SPY OPERATION
National |
January 18, 2007
The Bush administration, reversing itself on one of its most
controversial counterintelligence measures, said Wednesday that it
would no longer secretly eavesdrop on the international calls of
terrorism suspects in this country without first getting a court order. Read more
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Bush Blocked Internal Justice Probe of Wiretaps
National |
July 19, 2006
President Bush personally sidetracked an internal Justice Department
probe into the warrantless domestic surveillance program earlier this
year, even as other Justice officials were assigned to defend the
program in court and investigate who may have leaked information
about it to the news media, according to administration officials and
documents released Tuesday. Read more
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Kinkade Loses Suit Over Eavesdropping
Business |
June 15, 2006
A Michigan judge Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing an attorney
of illegal eavesdropping while representing former art gallery owners
in a dispute with painter Thomas Kinkade and his California company. Read more
Friday, June 9, 2006
Cheney Vows Cooperation With Congress
National |
June 9, 2006
Vice President Dick Cheney told the Senate Judiciary Committee
chairman Thursday that he was willing to work with Congress on new
rules governing the administration’s anti-terrorism eavesdropping program. Read more
Sunday, May 28, 2006
Bush Administration Wants Spy Lawsuits Dismissed
National |
May 28, 2006
The Bush administration has asked federal judges in New York and
Michigan to dismiss a pair of lawsuits filed over the National
Security Agency’s domestic eavesdropping program, saying litigating
them would jeopardize state secrets. Read more
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
FCC Member Voices Concern on Wiretaps
National |
May 16, 2006
The Federal Communications Commission should investigate whether
phone companies are violating federal law by providing calling
records to the National Security Agency as part of an anti-terrorism
program, a commission member said Monday. Read more
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Privacy Statutes Need to Catch Up
Business |
April 13, 2006
On whether the Bush administration’s claim that its once-secret
program of domestic eavesdropping is legal and constitutional, there
will be endless debate – in coffeehouses, courtrooms, and, it is to
be hoped, in Congress. Read more
Saturday, April 1, 2006
Seats Notably Empty at Censure Hearing
National |
April 1, 2006
The Senate heard the first detailed arguments on the merits of
formally censuring President Bush during a frequently testy committee
hearing Friday that highlighted Republican opposition and Democratic
ambivalence toward the idea. Read more
Friday, March 31, 2006
Attorneys at Law Firm in Pellicano Case May Leave
California | Local |
March 31, 2006
Two top attorneys with a Century City law firm at the center of a
federal racketeering investigation into alleged wrongdoing by
Hollywood private eye Anthony Pellicano will soon leave to establish
a new practice. Read more
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Debating Bush Censure Serves Dueling Purposes
National |
March 26, 2006
Maybe to save money and reduce duplication, MoveOn.org and the
Republican National Committee should just hire the same ad agency. Read more
Sunday, March 19, 2006
A Cast of Many on the Phone Lines
Entertainment |
March 19, 2006
In Hollywood, you’re nobody till somebody listens in. Read more
Introducing Mr. McDean?
National |
March 19, 2006
Two fellow politicians, and their presidential bids, hover over Sen. Read more
