wiretapping

Wiretap Suits Press on in the Wake of FISA Amendments

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:47:12 -0700

ACLU Files Brief Challenging FISA Amendments Act

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:06:09 -0700

Law Professor Warns Against Coming ISP Privacy Apocalypse

Stevie Converse — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:32:50 -0700

ACLU Launches Wiretapping Web Ad Campaign

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:21:53 -0700

FISA Bill's Real Target: What Remains of Our Open Society

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:17:43 -0700

Bush Signs New Rules on Government Wiretapping

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:58:34 -0700

ACLU Sues over Wiretapping Law

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:59:39 -0700

Bush Wins on Spy Bill

Holiday Shapiro — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:03:34 -0700

No Telecom Immunity, No Illegal Monitoring -- An open letter to Senators Feinstein and Boxer

sojs — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:14:20 -0700

Okay, my first blog post ever. It seems recent polls put Congress' approval rating down in the single digits, and the President's in the low teens or twenties. Is it any wonder?

There's a debate happening in the Senate now, about FISA and the telecom immunity issue. Here's a letter I sent off to my senators earlier today. I hope it helps but I'm not holding my breath.

Please read on and enjoy if you care to ...

Domestic Spying Quietly Goes On

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:39:37 -0700

With Congress on the verge of outlining new parameters for National Security Agency eavesdropping between suspicious foreigners and Americans, lawmakers are leaving largely untouched a host of government programs that critics say involves far more domestic surveillance than the wiretaps they sought to remedy.

House Approves Unconstitutional Surveillance Legislation

Stevie Converse — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:06:31 -0700

Following a vote in the House of Representatives sanctioning warrantless wiretapping and handing immunity to telecommunications companies for their role in domestic spying, the American Civil Liberties Union expressed outrage at representatives who voted for the unconstitutional legislation. The bill, H.R.

Lawmakers Reach Deal to Expand Surveillance

Stevie Converse — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:00:20 -0700

After more than a year of partisan acrimony over government surveillance powers, Democratic and Republican leaders have agreed to a bipartisan deal that would be the most sweeping rewrite of spy powers in three decades. The House is likely to vote on the measure Friday, House aides said.

Hoyer Hopeful on FISA Resolution

Stevie Converse — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:45:12 -0700

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Wednesday he remains hopeful that the House and Senate can finish the contentious overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) this week.

The House could vote on the bill Friday, Hoyer said.

“I think we are very close to an agreement, which will not get everything that we had in the House bill,” Hoyer said.

For McCain, a Switch on Telecom Immunity?

Stevie Converse — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:50:04 -0700

A top lawyer for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign said telecommunications companies should be forced to explain their role in the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program as a condition for legal immunity for past wiretapping, a statement that stands in marked contrast to positions taken by President Bush, McCain and other Republicans in Congress.

White House Seems Flexible on Immunity for Telecoms over Wiretaps, Senator Says

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 13 May 2008 07:16:56 -0700

The White House appears willing to compromise on the issue of retroactive immunity for telephone firms that joined the Bush administration’s wiretapping program, a senior GOP senator says.

Domestic Spying Far Outpaces Terrorism Prosecutions

Holiday Shapiro — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:53:24 -0700

The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the government has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after the Sept. 11 attacks. But the number of terrorism prosecutions ending up in court -- one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing -- has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously.

Bush Lawyer Tangles with Judge over Wiretaps

Stevie Converse — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:19:14 -0700

A Bush administration lawyer resisted a San Francisco federal judge's attempts Wednesday to get him to say whether Congress can limit the president's wiretap authority in terrorism and espionage cases, calling the question simplistic.

GOP Blocks Surveillance Extension

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:40:47 -0700

Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt to revive a controversial wiretapping law for 30 days on Monday night, leading to a mini-squabble on the chamber floor over the Bush administration’s program. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had asked for unanimous consent for the month-long extension to allow more time for House-Senate negotiations.

FISA Update

Holiday Shapiro — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:55:35 -0700

The administration threw everything it had at the Democrats. Statement after statement after statement on the White House lawn. TV ads, web ads. Letters from the attorney general and director of national intelligence raising the alarm about the danger the country is in. Even a TV appearance by the DNI himself to highlight the "increased danger."

'State Secrets' Privilege Fuels Surveillance Bill Battle

Holiday Shapiro — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:35:06 -0700

House Democrats are hunkering down for a long siege with President Bush over his administration's terrorist surveillance program.