Comments on: Bush authorized NSA domestic spying

By: The news just keeps breaking - Homeland Stupidity

The news just keeps breaking - Homeland Stupidity — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:26:06 +0000

[...] Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an August 2006 decision that held that the NSA’s terrorist surveillance program was unconstitutional. The program monitors telephone calls and other communications entering and [...]

By: Terrorist surveillance program to require warrants - Homeland Stupidity

Terrorist surveillance program to require warrants - Homeland Stupidity — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 09:42:18 +0000

[...] The Bush administration will stop conducting warrantless surveillance on Americans with suspected ties to terrorism, and will give the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court jurisdiction over the so-called terrorist surveillance program run by the National Security Agency since shortly after 9/11 and first disclosed in December 2005. [...]

By: Justice inspector general to review terrorist surveillance program - Homeland Stupidity

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:34:42 +0000

[...] The Department of Justice Inspector General will conduct an internal review of how the department handled information gained from President Bush’s controversial terrorist surveillance program, but will not review whether the program is actually legal, officials said Monday. [...]

By: AT&T surveillance lawsuit still alive - Homeland Stupidity

AT&T surveillance lawsuit still alive - Homeland Stupidity — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:04:48 +0000

[...] The Electronic Frontier Foundation brought a lawsuit January 31 against AT&T alleging that the company unlawfully cooperated with the National Security Agency in implementing what President George W. Bush calls the terrorist surveillance program, a program to capture international telephone calls of suspected terrorists and their associates where one end of the call is in the United States. [...]

By: NSA surveillance OK pending court appeal - Homeland Stupidity

NSA surveillance OK pending court appeal - Homeland Stupidity — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 02:52:51 +0000

[...] The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay (PDF) of U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor’s order that the program, which President Bush has called “critical to our national security,” be halted. [...]

By: Judge rules NSA surveillance program illegal - Homeland Stupidity

Judge rules NSA surveillance program illegal - Homeland Stupidity — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:39:03 +0000

[...] U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit ruled (PDF) that the terrorist surveillance program violated the rights of the people to speech and privacy, as well as violated the separation of powers doctrine. “It was never the intent of the Framers to give the president such unfettered control, particularly where his actions blatantly disregard the parameters clearly enumerated in the Bill of Rights,” she wrote, in a decision that the White House and Justice Department said they would fight to overturn. A hearing will be held before Judge Taylor on Sept. 7, and her decision will not be enforced in the meantime. — New York Times [...]

By: Surveillance bill would reduce court oversight - Homeland Stupidity

Surveillance bill would reduce court oversight - Homeland Stupidity — Sat, 29 Jul 2006 00:27:40 +0000

[...] “President Bush’s electronic surveillance program has been a festering sore on our body politic since it was publicly disclosed last December,” wrote Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.). His solution? Sweep the whole mess under the rug of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and out of the public eye. [...]

By: State secrets privilege denied in AT&T lawsuit - Homeland Stupidity

State secrets privilege denied in AT&T lawsuit - Homeland Stupidity — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 05:20:48 +0000

[...] The government said that a court case challenging the National Security Agency’s terrorist surveillance program could not proceed because of state secrets. The federal judge looked at the secret government data which they said would support its claim of the state secrets privilege. And then he said they were full of crap and denied the state secrets privilege. [...]

By: A very brief history of TIA - Homeland Stupidity

A very brief history of TIA - Homeland Stupidity — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 08:44:02 +0000

[...] Officials said parts of RDEC are probably in use in NSA’s terrorist surveillance program, revealed in the press last December and confirmed by President Bush. [...]

By: Lawmakers want to hear from Russell Tice - Homeland Stupidity

Lawmakers want to hear from Russell Tice - Homeland Stupidity — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 01:21:07 +0000

[...] Tice will not reveal the details of the programs to the press, saying he could be prosecuted if he does so. But he has said that the programs are different from the terrorist surveillance program revealed in December, and the news reports of telephone call record collection from last month, and were conducted with the full knowledge of former director Gen. Michael Hayden, who is now head of the Central Intelligence Agency. [...]