In keeping the NSA spying story alive, the New York Times gives us a more detailed look today into how the NSA assumed their powers: WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 – The National Security Agency acted on its own authority, without a formal directive from President Bush, to expand its domestic surveillance operations in the weeks after […]
We knew it was coming but it has now been made official. The Justice Department is set to launch an investigation into who leaked the secret eavesdropping program to the press. This is according to the Associated Press: The Justice Department has opened an investigation into the leak of classified information about President Bush’s secret […]
Well it looks like the Democrats and some Republicans are not the only ones wondering about Bush’s legal authorization to order the wiretaps: The presiding judge of a secret court that oversees government surveillance in espionage and terrorism cases is arranging a classified briefing for her fellow judges to address their concerns about the legality […]
To really add nervousness to our politicians over this holiday season, the New York Times is reporting that Jack Abramoff may be working out a deal with prosecutors in the federal investigation involving his dealings: WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 – Jack Abramoff, the Republican lobbyist under criminal investigation, has been discussing with prosecutors a deal that […]
Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter has a great article this week about “Snoopgate” and how Bush called the editor of the New York Times to the Oval Office last year to try and kill the story. He ended up with only a 1 year delay. Dec. 19, 2005 – Finally we have a Washington scandal that […]
This is not only disturbing, but also teetering on being unconstitutional. The National Security Agency has eavesdropped, without warrants, on as many 500 people inside the United States at any given time since 2002, The New York Times reported Friday. That year, following the Sept. 11 attacks, President Bush authorized the NSA to monitor the […]
From today’s New York Times comes a story that gives the sense we may have more “Patriot Act” style arguments but this time it is over cell phones. Most Americans carry cellphones, but many may not know that government agencies can track their movements through the signals emanating from the handset. In recent years, law […]
The administrations defense for “rendition” has taken another strong hit. This morning’s New York Times gives us proof of that: WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 – The Bush administration based a crucial prewar assertion about ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda on detailed statements made by a prisoner while in Egyptian custody who later said he had […]
Vanity Fair is set to unravel more of the Judith Miller saga in their January edition (on sale December 13). According to Editor and Publisher the piece “reveals new details and complaints from the reporter’s colleagues at The New York Times”. It takes some hard hits at Miller and New York Times publisher, Arthur O. […]
An investigative division of the Pentagon has decided to turn the investigation of the no-bid contracts for Iraq, which were awarded to Halliburton over to the Justice Department for a possible criminal probe. The news came from Democratic Senators who have been holding hearings into the alleged contract abuse. The New York Times has more […]