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According to News.com, text from a 25 page redacted brief (PDF) filed on behalf of AT&T on whether the NSA surveillance case can be litigated without compromising state secrets, has been recovered to reveal the company’s response to alleged cooperation with the government phone surveillance program. Also from News.com: U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and …
Justice Department Probe Foiled, by Shane Harris and Murray Waas, National Journal: “An internal Justice Department inquiry into whether department officials — including Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft — acted properly in approving and overseeing the Bush administration’s domestic eavesdropping program was stymied because investigators were denied security clearances to do …
Press release, May 24, 2006: “U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) today introduced legislation (22 pages, PDF) that would reaffirm that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is the exclusive means by which our government can conduct electronic surveillance of U.S. persons on U.S. soil for foreign intelligence purposes.”
Constitution Project’s Guidelines for Public Video Surveillance: A Guide to Protecting Communities and Preserving Civil Liberties (60 pages, PDF) – “Liberty and Security Initiative released their Guidelines for Public Video Surveillance: A Guide to Protecting Communities and Preserving Civil Liberties today. The report provides practical assistance to state and local governments that have established …
Follow-up to previous postings on domestic surveillance of telephone calls, this press release today – ACLU Launches Nationwide Action Against NSA Snooping on Americans’ Phone Calls: “ACLU affiliates in 20 states today filed complaints with Public Utility Commissions or sent letters to state Attorneys General and other officials demanding investigations into whether local telecommunications companies …
ABC News This Week, May 21, 2006: “Gonzales also defended the NSA wiretapping program, insisting the Justice Department has not been reviewing the “content” in journalists’ phone records without a court order. The attorney general reiterated that the rights of a free press cannot trump national security but added, “I understand very much the role …
CRS Report, Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities, May 17, 2006 (19 pages, PDF) Related postings on domestic surveillance program
May 17, 2006: Report on the Progress of the DNI in Implementing the “Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004” (12 pages, PDF)
Senate Intelligence Committee Open Hearing: Confirmation Hearing of General Michael V. Hayden to be the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, May 18, 2006. Opening Statement by Michael V. Hayden, Unclassified (5 pages, PDF) Via FAS, full transcript of the Hayden confirmation hearing (171 pages, PDF), and the same transcript via DNI AP: Hayden Insists …
From the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: Voting Rights Enforcement & Reauthorization, May 2006 (108 pages, PDF) Reauthorization of the Temporary Provisions of the Voting Rights Act, February 2006 (68 pages, PDF)
Following up on May 12, 2006 posting, Info On Pentagon Phone Surveillance Program Generates Legal and Political Ramifications, see today’s press release from Rep. Ed Markey, Letter to FCC Regarding the Legality of Telco Complicity in Phone Records Mining: Today Representative Markey sent a letter to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Committee (FCC) requesting …
Follow-up to May 11, 2006 posting, Domestic Call Records Mined for Expansive Pentagon Database Program, see the following related news and commentary: USAToday.com: NSA secret database report triggers fierce debate in Washington USAToday.com: Gathering data may not violate privacy rights, but it could be illegal Press release: Over Fifty Members of Congress Call for Special …
