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The Importance of the Al Haramain Case
I know Marcy has covered the hell out of this already, but clearly Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling in the Al Haramain case is a huge deal. There never was going to be before, or likely will be again, a...
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Ninth Circuit Upholds Legal Immunity for Telecoms in FISA Case
A federal court has upheld on appeal a ruling that telecom companies can receive legal immunity from Congress for participating in the warrantless wiretapping program under George W. Bush. A U.S....
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Pervasive Cell Phone Tracking Performed Even By Local Law Enforcement
Eric Lichtblau, one of the reporting team who exposed President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program, takes a look at its aftermath; with telecoms receiving immunity, police departments feel no...
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You Shall Know Our Velocity: Political Priorities Measured in Time Frames
You can pretty well judge priorities in Washington simply by a matter of speed. If issues sit out there forever without being addressed, the political powers that be don’t really care about them. If...
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FISA Amendments to Be Renewed By House Today
Today, the House will vote on the extension of the FISA Amendments Act, a bill that was well-known to most Americans, especially on the left, in 2008, but which has gotten little if any notice these...
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Lame Duck Congress Has Lots of Work to Do Even Without Fiscal Slope
Among the many other reasons not to engage in a grand bargain during the lame duck session is that Congress actually needs to get busy with other matters. For a variety of reasons, mainly that they’re...
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Secret Laws Govern NSA
Nothing exemplifies an open society like secret laws. According to a report by the New York Times, an entire new body of law has been created, in secret, to govern the NSA’s operations. The FISA...
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NSA Admits To Even More Surveillance
@normative If you don't want to share your contact lists with the government, maybe you just shouldn't know people. — Jon Henke (@JonHenke) July 17, 2013 In the government nexus of public and legally...
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Documents Show NSA Violated Court Orders
One of the key deflections over the ethical questions related to domestic spying by the government is that “it’s legal.” Stated ad nauseum, this defense was supposed to reduce violations of Fourth...
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FISA Court Ruled NSA Program Unconstitutional, Said NSA Misled Them
The initial defense of the NSA spying program echoed by everyone from Congress to the agency heads to the White House was that the program was “legal.” But newly declassified material shows that even...
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Bill Introduced To End NSA Bulk Telephone Records Collection
A bipartisan bill was introduced yesterday that would to finally start regulating the NSA including ending the bulk collection of Americans’ communication records. The bill is authored by Democrats...
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