This brings into light a new and interesting development in the NSA wiretapping scandal: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that President Bush personally blocked Justice Department lawyers from pursuing an internal probe of the warrantless eavesdropping program that monitors Americans’ international calls and e-mails when terrorism is suspected. The department’s Office of Professional Responsibility […]
Last night we were slapped with this very disturbing piece of news: The government has abruptly ended an inquiry into the warrantless eavesdropping program because the National Security Agency refused to grant Justice Department lawyers the necessary security clearance to probe the matter. The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, or OPR, sent a fax […]
When Bush signed the torture ban into law in December he used his “executive privilege” to make sure that a he could pick and choose where it applies. It seems like he wasted no time either: Bush administration lawyers, fighting a claim of torture by a Guantanamo Bay detainee, yesterday argued that the new law […]
Watch out what you Google for because the FEDS are now interested in Google’s records. Fortunatley the company is prepared to fight in order to protect the privacy of their users. The Bush administration on Wednesday asked a federal judge to order Google to turn over a broad range of material from its closely guarded […]