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Terrorist Spying Lawsuit Tossed
A U.S. appeals court tossed an ACLU suit challenging the domestic terrorist spying program: The 2-1 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a 2006 order by a lower court in...
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FBI Plugged into Communications Network
The FBI’s surveillance methods have come into the Internet Age. They’re now connected directly into the U.S. communications network and can begin monitoring communications with a click of the mouse:...
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McCain Has a Winning Issue with FISA
I bet you didn’t realize that right now the federal government has it hands tied and can’t use all the tools available to follow terrorist chatter. Intelligence agencies are being stymied in...
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Discharge Petition for FISA Bill
Reps. Peter King (R-NY) and Vito Fossella (R-NY) are trying to bypass the House Democratic leadership by organizing a discharge petition to bring the FISA modernization bill to the floor for a vote....
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How Can Obama Turn Promises into Policy?
We find another Sen. Obama adviser significantly disagreeing with the candidate. This time over FISA updating and telecom immunity: In a new interview with National Journal magazine, an intelligence...
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Gentle Reminder
It’s been over two months since FISA expired. If Speaker Pelosi would allow a vote on the bill it would pass. There’s a discharge petition floating around that would work around Pelosi’s blockade. I...
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Progress Made on FISA
Congress and the administration and the Congress are finally making progress on revamping FISA. Under the plan the sticking point about giving telecoms retroactive immunity would be handed over to a...
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FISA Update Passes House
It’s about time the Democratic-controlled House passed the FISA update. The sticking point about the telecoms getting immunity was solved by letting them explain to a federal judge that they received...
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Obama Supporter Update at FISA Stance
Sen. Barack Obama’s stance on the FISA compromise that passed the House has supporters irked. This post on My.BarackObama.com ranked high on the Lefty-fave social news site reddit.com. It amounts to...
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FISA Passes Senate
After five months of waiting the battle over updating FISA is over. The bill with telecom immunity survived a cloture vote and passed 69-28. Sen. Obama voted for the bill (after decrying it last year)...
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