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WATCH LIVE: House committee debates FISA reauthorization
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security on Thursday will consider the re-authorization of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008. Watch this live video from C-SPAN, broadcast May 31, 2012. …
Court allows ACLU to challenge government wiretapping
The American Civil Liberties Union was allowed Wednesday to move forward with their case against government wiretapping. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the court would not have to reconsider a case the ACLU brought against the government challenging the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), which…
FOIA shows Bush admin. spied on Antiwar.com
During the Bush-era, a great many Americans were swept up in the spying dragnet laid after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 by federal officials hoping to prevent another major terrorist attack — people like pacifist Christians, liberal activists, families with members overseas and even street-level falafel sellers. Now Americans…
Under cover of debt crisis, Senate looks to extend telco spying immunity
Legislation which changed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to give U.S. telecoms immunity from prosecution for participating in legally-ambiguous spying programs, isn’t set to expire until 2012 — but one group of U.S. Senators appears to see opportunity in crisis. Amid the calamitous debt-limit talks seizing Washington in recent…
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