Tag: wiretapping

With revelations that the NSA was spying on world leaders since as early as 2002, questions are now focused on when and if President Obama even knew what the NSA was up to.

Yesterday I posted about a Washington Post article talking about the police questioning people for taking pictures of federal buildings and landmarks. Now we have another extreme: The ACLU of Maryland is defending Anthony Graber, who potentially faces sixteen years in prison if found guilty of violating state wiretap laws because he recorded video of […]

This is getting beyond absurd: In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer. Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your […]

I love them showing back bone. The White House doesn’t know how to take it. It also looks like they aren’t going to blink on telecom immunity: In continued defiance of the White House, House Democratic leaders are readying a proposal that would reject giving legal protection to the phone companies that helped in the […]

When they talk about warantless wiretapping, Republicans are quick to say that the constitution should take a back seat to security. Well if we follow that login and apply it to the following news headlines this week, perhaps other rights should take a back seat: Columbus mall shooting injures man in leg Shooting occurred in […]

More very damaging reports coming out. This brings us back to the whole wiretapping issue, and it appears the FBI may have broken the law. That is not some left-wing conspiracy, that is the report from the Justice Department’s Inspector General: The FBI repeatedly failed to follow the strict guidelines of the Patriot Act when […]

All the arguments last year over the warrentless wiretapping, and all the spin by wingnuts to say it is legal has now come to an end: President George W. Bush has decided not to reauthorize the controversial domestic warrantless surveillance program for terrorism suspects and to put it under the authority of a secret special […]

Now things are starting to move in the right direction: Two attorneys representing claimants in a lawsuit over wiretapping by the National Security Agency will subpoena the White House today, RAW STORY has learned. Bruce Afran and Carl Mayer, who represent hundreds of plaintiffs in lawsuits against Verizon, AT&T, and the US Government, will announnce […]

Remember how horrible it was that the President of the United States lied under oath to congress? My how times have changed. Now it seems perjury is the norm for Washington. It first became evident when Scooter Libby was indicted for the same crime last fall. Republicans quickly took to the airwaves dismissing the charges […]

Some quick sound clips from this morning’s hearings on the NSA spying conducted by house Democrats. First it should be noted that the Republicans have once again forced the Democrats to hold the hearings in the basement. They said no committee rooms were available and as John Conyers pointed out, “it is odd for them […]