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| 1/22/2009 |
Obama Sides With Bush in Spy Case |
 Wired
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The Obama
administration fell in line with the Bush administration Thursday when it urged a federal
judge to set aside a ruling in a closely watched spy case weighing whether a U.S.
president may bypass Congress and establish a program of eavesdropping on Americans
without warrants. |
| 1/22/2009 |
Whistleblower: NSA Targeted Journalists,
Snooped on All U.S. Communications |
Wired |
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An NSA
whistleblower has revealed that the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance
program targeted U.S. journalists, and vacuumed in all domestic communications of
Americans, including, faxes, phone calls and network traffic. Russell Tice, a former NSA
analyst, spoke on Wednesday to MSNBC host Keith Olbermann. "The National Security
Agency had access to all Americans' communications," he said. "Faxes, phone
calls and their computer communications. ... They monitored all communications." |
| 1/15/2009 |
Obama to Defend FISA/Telecom Immunity |
Wired |
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Obama opposed
immunity but voted for it because it was included in a new spy bill that gave the Bush
administration broad warrantless-surveillance powers. The incoming Obama
administration will vigorously defend congressional legislation immunizing U.S.
telecommunication companies from lawsuits about their participation in the Bush
administration's domestic spy program. That was the assessment Thursday by Eric Holder,
President-elect Barack Obama's choice for attorney general. |
| 1/12/2009 |
Report: U.S. Surveillance Society Running
Rampant |
Wired/ACLU |
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If you think
you're being watched, you're probably right. Two questions posed on the ACLU site ask:
"Do we want a society where an innocent individual can't walk down the street without
being considered a potential criminal?" and "Do we want a society where people
are comfortable with constant surveillance?" |
| 12/31/2007 |
World's Top Surveillance Societies --
Updated with link |
Wired |
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Both the
U.S. and the UK are colored black for "endemic surveillance," as
are Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Russia, China and Malaysia. Among
the trends that the two organizations have tracked: * The worsening of privacy protection
across the world, reflecting an increase in surveillance. * Concern over immigration and
border control. Countries have moved swiftly to implement database, identity and
fingerprinting systems, often without regard to the privacy implications for their own
citizens * An increasing trend amongst governments to archive data on the geographic,
communications and financial records of all their citizens and residents. This trend leads
to the conclusion that all citizens, regardless of legal status, are under suspicion. |
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