" PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A suburban Philadelphia landlord secretly videotaped 34 female tenants over two decades after hiding cameras in their apartments, authorities said Friday. Thomas Daley, 45, will face additional charges stemming from the new victims identified...
After the US Government granted amnesty to the telecoms that helped it illegally spy on American citizens, the Electronic Frontier Foundation turned its attention to the government itself. What did the government...
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I came across this story which was published on the US Department of Justice website today and after reading the story, I had to share this with the NowPublic community.This 26 year old has been controlling OUR computers without our knowledge for sometime now. The thing...
This piece was published in the New York Times on 3 July, so may have been missed by readers. In a hugely significant judgment, Judge Vaughn R. Walker, the chief judge for the Northern District of California, asserts...
From what I gather, the Domestic Surveillance Laws passed by Congress on Friday do two main things. First, they shield from lawsuits the telecommunications companies that helped the government (some say illegally) to...
US Senator Arlen Specter is up in arms over alleged spying in the National Football League, but nationwide illegal wiretapping doesn't seem to show up on his radar. Way to keep your eye on the ball, Sen....
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The U.S. government and associated security agencies could make far better use of their time engaged in intelligence gathering activities that will actually yield results, rather than on listening for hypothetical...
Administration officials are complaining about House Democrats stalling legislation that would grant immunity to any telecommunications carrier that assisted with its domestic spying program. Without that immunity cloak, the White House says, telecoms will hesitate to...
"A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time, according to a US government audit.
The US Justice Department's inspector general faulted the FBI for poor handling of money used in undercover investigations, which it...
"“In August, I think it was … [National Intelligence Director] Mike McConnell came in and said, we have some new information. He didn’t tell me what the information was …” (2007-12-04)x60 President Bush...
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Wow, this guy certainly doesn't even look like he's over 18, let alone a criminal mastermind."A Canadian bank robber who pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing an antique jewellery piece made for a 19th-century Austrian empress also revealed he was funding Kurdish rebels in...
DNI McConnell: ‘Americans Are Going To Die’ If We Keep Talking About Wiretapping
Think Progress
Thursday Aug 23, 2007
Earlier this month, Congress caved to President Bush and passed legislation updating the...
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"As Newsweek reports in its August 13 issue, the FBI has used a secret warrant to raid the home of former Justice Department lawyer Thomas M. Tamm, taking three computers and personal files.The government is searching for the individual who leaked information about President...
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"Federal officials claim its contents are so sensitive to national security that it is stored in a bombproof safe in Washington and viewed only by prosecutors with top secret security clearances and a few select federal judges.
The Document, described by those who have seen...
"The Bush administration is pressing Congress this week for the authority to intercept, without a court order, any international phone call or e-mail between a surveillance target outside the United States and any person in the United States.
The proposal, submitted by...