9 posts and columns on wiretapping

Senate Passes "Eye of Sauron" Act

in News on July 9, 2008 at 2:48 pm PT

What a remarkable display of political expediency. In a 69 to 28 vote, the U.S. Senate approved The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a sweeping new surveillance law that will effectively grant immunity to telecom companies for cooperating with the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program in the years after Sept. 11, 2001.

Senate Passes “Eye of Sauron” Act

in News on July 9, 2008 at 2:48 pm PT

What a remarkable display of political expediency. In a 69 to 28 vote, the U.S. Senate approved The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a sweeping new surveillance law that will effectively grant immunity to telecom companies for cooperating with the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program in the years after Sept. 11, 2001.

Ministry of Love? How May I Direct Your Call?

in News on February 13, 2008 at 10:13 am PT

If the federal government expands its existing surveillance powers any more, it’s going to be able to supply the White House power grid with electricity generated exclusively by the Founding Fathers spinning in their graves. The U.S. Senate approved espionage legislation yesterday that would not only grant the National Security Agency sweeping new powers to [...]