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Tag: wiretap

Mar 5
2010

Gay Sex Scandal Hits The Vatican

Society

Funny how stories like this don’t get too much attention in the U.S.: The Vatican was today rocked by a sex scandal reaching into Pope Benedict’s household after a chorister was sacked for allegedly procuring male prostitutes for a papal gentleman-in-waiting. Angelo Balducci, a Gentleman of His Holiness, was caught by police on a wiretap […]

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Jan 26
2010

Blogger For Andrew Breitbart’s BigGovernment Site Arrested

News

This is just to priceless: The FBI, alleging a plot to wiretap Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu’s office in downtown New Orleans, arrested four people Monday, including James O’Keefe, a conservative filmmaker whose undercover videos at ACORN field offices severely damaged the advocacy group’s credibility. FBI Special Agent Steven Rayes alleges that O’Keefe aided and abetted […]

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Apr 16
2009

Who Was It?

Misc

So it turns out that a member of Congress was targeted for some NSA spying: And in one previously undisclosed episode, the N.S.A. tried to wiretap a member of Congress without a warrant, an intelligence official with direct knowledge of the matter said. The agency believed that the congressman, whose identity could not be determined, […]

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Mar 13
2006

2008 – The Race Of All Races

Misc

On the weekend that Bill Frist won the Southern Republicans straw poll to be the Presidential nominee in 2008, we find out that his predecessor is now talking about a run for the Oval Office in 08. Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, accusing the GOP of spreading a message of fear, says he is […]

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Mar 12
2006

Censure Bush

Misc

I got to say this is big. I said in my Sunday Line Up post that “This Week” looked promising and indeed it was: In an exclusive interview on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold called on the Senate to publicly admonish President Bush for approving domestic wiretaps on American citizens without […]

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Feb 18
2006

More Hurdles For Warrantless Taps

Misc

It looks like Pat Roberts has made somewhat a change in how he feels the wiretapping program should operate: The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Friday that he wanted the Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping program brought under the authority of a special intelligence court, a move President Bush has argued is not necessary. […]

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Feb 15
2006

Is There Another Wiretap Program?

Misc

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) — A former NSA employee said Tuesday there is another ongoing top-secret surveillance program that might have violated millions of Americans’ Constitutional rights. Russell D. Tice told the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations he has concerns about a “special access” electronic surveillance program that […]

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Feb 13
2006

A Legal Test For Warrantless Taps

Misc

It looks like the warrentless taps are starting to get their real test. That test is being conducted where they belong – in our court system: COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge gave the government two months to respond to an Ohio trucker’s request that his terrorism conviction be thrown out on grounds that the […]

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Feb 9
2006

Abusing FISA

Misc

Turns out Gonzalez can authorize a wiretap for up to a year under FISA as Georgia10 points out: First, let me point out that under Section 1802, the government can wiretap a foreign power for up to one year without a warrant. Not 72 hours. An entire year. This provision is applicable when the Attorney […]

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Feb 9
2006

Abusing FISA

Misc

Turns out Gonzalez can authorize a wiretap for up to a year under FISA asGeorgia10 points out: First, let me point out that under Section 1802, the government can wiretap a foreign power for up to one year without a warrant. Not 72 hours. An entire year. This provision is applicable when the Attorney General […]

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