Coordination Between FBI and ICE on Investigations of Terrorist Financing, OIG-07-55 (PDF, 58 pages) Interim Report, Hurricane Katrina: A Review of Wind Versus Flood Issues, OIG-07-62, July 2007 (PDF, 25 pages) Better Management Needed for the National Bio-Surveillance Integration System Program, OIG-07-61, July 2007 (PDF, 38 pages) Improvements to Information Sharing are Needed to Facilitate… Continue Reading
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White House Fails to Comply With Subpoenas on Domestic Surveillance Program
Follow up to previous posting on the government’s domestic surveillance program, today’s Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Bush Administrations Failure To Comply With Subpoenas For Warrantless Wiretapping Documents, August 20, 2007: “Today was the deadline for the Administration to comply with the Judiciary Committees subpoenas for documents related to… Continue Reading
Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Challenge to Domestic Surveillance Program
Follow up to previous postings on domestic surveillance programs, news today that 6th Circuit found none of the plaintiff’s had standing against the NSA with regard to the Terrorist Surveillance Program (TSP). See the ACLU press release: “In a 2-1 decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed a legal challenge to the Bush… Continue Reading
PBS NOW Reports on Alleged Domestic E-Mail Surveillance Program
Via PBS: Airing on Friday, February 16, 2007 (check for time in your area), “NOW reports on new evidence suggesting the existence of a secret government program that intercepts millions of private e-mails each day in the name of terrorist surveillance. News about the alleged program came to light when a former AT&T employee, Mark… Continue Reading
Oversight of Domestic Surveillance Program Shifts to Secret Court
In a letter today to Senators Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter, Chairman and Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Gonzales stated, “…a Judge of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) issued orders authorizing the Government to target for collection international communications into or out of the United States where there is a probable cause… Continue Reading
Senate Passes National Security Surveillance Act of 2006
September 13, 2006 By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 2453: A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs. By Mr. SPECTER, from the Committee on the Judiciary, without amendment: S. 2455. A bill to provide in statute for… Continue Reading
Federal Judge Rules NSA Domestic Surveillance Program Unconstitutional
Via ACLU, ACLU v. NSA Federal Court Decision,(8/17/2006) Via U.S. District Court, ED of Michigan, ACLU v National Security Agency, 44 pages, PDF. “Description: In the first federal challenge ever argued against the Bush administration’s NSA spying program, U.S. District Court Judge Anna Diggs Taylor rules that the program to monitor the phone calls and… Continue Reading
Gov't Targeting Terrorists by Extensive Data Mining of Financial and Personal Data
USAToday.com reports that up to eight data mining programs have been deployed by intelligence agencies to mine financial and personal records in an effort to identify potential terrorist activities. Related postings on domestic surveillance programs Continue Reading
Security Expert Calls for End to Anti-Terror Data Mining Program
According to security technology expert Bruce Schneier, the NSA data mining surveillance program “won’t uncover any terrorist plots until they are very accurate, and that even very accurate systems will be so flooded with false alarms that they will be useless.” Continue Reading
DOJ Investigation into Domestic Surveillance Program Blocked On Security Grounds
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… Continue Reading
Lawful Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act Introduced Today
Press release: “Reps. Jane Harman (D-CA) and John Conyers (D-MI) today introduced the Lawful Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act (The LISTEN Act). The Act makes clear that any attempt to listen in on Americans or collect telephone or e-mail records must be conducted in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence… Continue Reading
Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 Introduced Today
The introduction of the Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006 today has raised concerns for reporters, bloggers and advocates for civil liberties. The bill “authorizes the President to conduct an electronic surveillance program, without court order, for up to 45 days…” ACLU Letter to the Senate Expressing Strong Opposition to the Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006,… Continue Reading
