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Warrantless Wiretapping
The warrantless wiretapping case involves President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and many other members of the Bush Administration. They are accused of eavesdropping on U.S. citizens during citizen's international phone calls... [more]
The warrantless wiretapping case involves President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and many other members of the Bush Administration. They are accused of eavesdropping on U.S. citizens during citizen's international phone calls without a warrant. A Judiciary Committee is investigating the charges and has issued a subpoena for documents related to President Bush's program.
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In June of 2008, 105 Democrats joined 188 Republicans in voting to pass the FISA Amendments Act. The new law doesn’t just negate your right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment; it also grants retroactive legal immunity to corporations like AT&T that violated the law by giving the government...
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If you want a crass education in the reason why so many Democrats in Congress joined George W. Bush and the Republican Party in voting for the FISA Amendments Act, I suggest that you go visit the sponsors list for the Democratic National Convention to be held from August 25th to August 28th in...
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- Ralph Nader Opposed FISA Amendments Act (irregulartimes.com)
- President Signs FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (topix.net)
- Compare "Hitler's Laws" with FISA Amendments (rss.topix.net)
It’s amazing to watch Democrats who have spent the last seven years criticizing George W. Bush for attacking the Constitution undergo the metamorphosis of the last month. They’re now praising one of George W. Bush’s attacks against the Constitution. Why? Barack Obama voted for it, that’s why...
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- The Upside of the FISA Amendments Act (irregulartimes.com)
- Join The Citizen Filibuster of the FISA Amendments Act! (irregulartimes.com)
- Is the FISA Amendments Act Just a Single Issue Among Many? (irregulartimes.com)
I’ve begun taking a look at a lot of the material from the quite short Senate debate on the FISA Amendments Act that took place last week, before the bill was passed and signed into law by George W. Bush. Among those who argued in favor of the FISA Amendments Act, there’s some downright sloppy...
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- A Map of Patriotism in America After the FISA Amendments Act (irregulartimes.com)
My, my. What a coincidence.
On June 9, 2008, Florida Congressman Tim Mahoney received a campaign contribution from AT&T’s federal political action committee.
On June 20, 2008, Tim Mahoney voted for the FISA Amendments Act, a bill that gives AT&T retroactive immunity for breaking the law by...
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The new law governing warrantless wiretapping doesn't end the debate over modern electronic surveillance ) After months of negotiations and wrangling, the blogosphere is exploding with commentary pro and con ...
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On July 10, George Bush signed into law a bill passed by Congress that gives the government official power to spy on telephone calls, emails, and other communications by people in the U.S. without warrants. The law, known as the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, basically legalizes the warrantless...
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Before breaking his promise to filibuster the FISA Amendments Act by actually voting against a filibuster, then voting to pass the bill into law, Senator Barack Obama issued two statements on the matter. In those statements, Senator Obama declared:
It is not all that I would want.
This was not...
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- Bad Mojo Rising (noquarterusa.net)
- Day of Doom With the FISA Amendments Act (irregulartimes.com)
If George Orwell had released the book 1984 in 2008, would anyone have bought it? Not if the general American reaction to the FISA Amendments Act is any indication.
The FISA Amendments Act would have made the totalitarian government of Oceania nod in approval. They knew the value of omnipresent...
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- FISA vote deserves scrutiny (topix.com)
- FISA Amendments Act Earns Feinstein Opposition (irregulartimes.com)
President George W. Bush signs H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, in the White House Rose Garden on July 10. AFP/Getty Images In the last couple of months, bloggers on both ends of the political spectrum have been railing against Congress's ...
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Dandy despot Robert Mugabe drew the line at spying on his own people today as he rejected his parliaments request to introduce warrantless wiretapping.
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- Daniel Ellsberg on warrantless wiretapping (rss.topix.net)
- Warrantless Wiretapping Deal Struck (time.com)
- Three Media Mistakes on Warrantless Wiretapping (rss.topix.net)
Sen. Orrin Hatch says the phone companies that participated in the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program are "patriotic" and deserve retroactive immunity for allowing the administration to ...
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This Wednesday, the Senate followed the House in caving to White House fear-mongering by passing an unconstitutional overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The FISA Amendments Act (FAA) dangerously expands the president’s warrantless wiretapping powers far beyond what the...
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In January, Sen. Barack Obama (DIll.) vowed to join a filibuster against legislation that would grant immunity to telecommunication companies who participated in President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program for years. But on July 9, the presumptive presidential candidate threw his support...
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When Nancy Pelosi appeared at the Netroots Nation conference today, people questioned her decision as Speaker of the House to let the H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act, come to the floor. Speaker Pelosi’s answers were anything but respectful to the intelligence and attention span of those who...
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- Pelosi Betrays Netroots Nation (democrats.com)
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