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Behind the Byline: James Risen »
Posted by: jovial 11 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
From his perch at the New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist James Risen has been at the forefront of uncovering some of the Bush ...
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State Secrets Critics Slam New Obama Policy »
Posted by: tehranchik 2 months ago in Political News
The state secrets privilege allows the government to conceal certain evidence in a court case that, if disclosed, would endanger national security by revealing “state ...
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As Congress Considers State Secrets Reform, Obama Admin Tries to Shut Down Yet Another Warrantless Wiretapping Lawsuit | Electronic Frontier Founda... »
Posted by: calitennflo 3 weeks, 1 day ago in Political News
In a Court filing late Friday night, the Obama Administration attempted to dress up in new clothes its embrace of one of the worst Bush ...
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White House Kept Justice Lawyers in Dark on Warrantless Wiretapping - washingtonpost.com »
Posted by: calitennflo 4 months, 2 weeks ago in News
The Bush White House so strictly controlled access to its warrantless eavesdropping program that only three Justice Department lawyers were aware of the plan, which ...
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Liberals refuse to admit Obama's policies look a lot like Bush's | by Jack Hunter »
Posted by: tadair919 1 week, 6 days ago in Political Opinion
Today, everyone is denouncing big government. Since Obama's election, tea party protests have sprung up across the country and conservatives are now rallying loud ...
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Gonzales evades criminal prosecution for misleading Congress on NSA spying »
Posted by: ameliog 21 hours, 20 minutes ago in Political News
Although Gonzales remains under investigation by the Justice Department for two other matters, it had been allegations that he gave false or purposely misleading testimony ...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation: »
Posted by: calitennflo 5 months, 1 week ago in News
For years, the state secrets privilege was a favorite tool of the Bush Administration. They used it to avoid accountability for both the NSA's ...
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Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists, Snooped on All U.S. Communications | Threat Level from Wired.com »
Posted by: Alexia 10 months ago in News
Just one day after George W. Bush left office, an NSA whistleblower has revealed that the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program targeted U ...
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Judge orders White House to produce wiretap memos »
Posted by: engineer 1 year ago in News
A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration 's post- Sept. 11 ...
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FCC claims right to search your house any time, night or day, without a search warrant. »
Posted by: onlyonesecret 6 months, 1 week ago in News
You may not know it, but if you have a wireless router, a cordless phone, remote car-door opener, baby monitor or cellphone in your house ...
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NSA Spying | Electronic Frontier Foundation »
Posted by: calitennflo 7 months, 4 weeks ago in News
The U.S. Government, with assistance from major telecommunications carriers including AT&T , has been engaging in a massive program of illegal dragnet surveillance of ...
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Tracking Privacy Rulings: New York Finds Warrantless Use of GPS To Be Unconstitutional While Wisconsin Gives Police Unlimited Use »
Posted by: jmeecham12 6 months, 2 weeks ago in News
In a major ruling, the New York Court of Appeals has held that the police cannot use a GPS device on a suspect’s car ...
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DOJ Lawyer Dropped Dime On Bush Wiretaps »
Posted by: MyWayOnNow 11 months, 2 weeks ago in News
A former Justice Department lawyer says he tipped off the news media about the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program because it "didn't smell ...
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The 'Skeeter Bites Report: Bush's Warrantless Spying Program Cast Far Wider Net Than Previously Thought; Media, Journalists and Bloggers Targe »
Posted by: SkeeterVT 10 months ago in News
Former President George W. Bush's highly controversial warrantless electronic eavesdropping program was far more extensive than previously thought: Indiscriminately gathering data on all Americans ...
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EDITORIAL: Obama Sending Mixed Signals on Bush Abuses »
Posted by: SkeeterVT 8 months, 3 weeks ago in Political News
The Obama administration issued two contradictory messages in recent days over the Bush administration's abuse of its executive authority and its outright violations of ...
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