wiretap

See, We Told You It Was a Dangerous Precedent

John Paczkowski in News on September 27, 2010 at 11:45 am PT

Coming as it does after the State Department’s condemnation of the United Arab Emirates demand for oversight of BlackBerry mobile services, a White House-sponsored bill that would require all Internet-based communication services to be technically capable of intercepting and unscrambling encrypted messages on behalf of the government seems more than a little ironic.

Understanding Your Phone Bill: Telecom Immunity Charge

John Paczkowski in News on June 25, 2008 at 5:08 am PT

Sen. Chris Dodd’s threats of a filibuster forced the Senate to reconsider the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act once before. Sadly, they didn’t get it rewritten, which is why the Connecticut Democrat is now threatening to filibuster it again.