Tag: wiretap
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new york times’ nsa whistleblower reveals himself
from threat level: It’s been three years since The New York Times first broke the news of the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program, based on information provided by an anonymous source. Today the identity of the Times’ Deep Throat is finally revealed to be a 56-year-old former prosecutor in the Justice Department named Thomas Tamm, whose…
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nsa agents admit spying on americans
from raw replay: ABC’s Brian Ross talked to NSA agents who admit spying on phone calls of Americans that have nothing to do with terrorism investigations. Brian Ross reported: “Despite pledges by President George W. Bush and American intelligence officials to the contrary, hundreds of US citizens overseas have been eavesdropped on as they called…
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change we can spy on
obama supports telecom amnestyfrom threat level: Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama supports the spy bill compromise passed by the House Friday, despite having opposed retroactive amnesty to telecoms that helped with the President’s secret, warrantless wiretapping. The measure expands the government’s ability to install blanket wiretaps inside domestic communication infrastructure and frees the nation’s…
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new wiretapping bill a ‘repugnant’ ‘capitulation’
from thinkprogress: Under a “compromise” wiretapping bill the House is expected to approve tomorrow, U.S. phone companies that cooperated with President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program after Sept. 11 “could be shielded from lawsuits” as long as “there is written certification that the White House asked a phone company to participate and assured it” of the…
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taser, fema, deutsche, scotus, guinea pigs & spooks
deputy tasers student against direct ordersfrom raw story: Outside a Maryland high school gym last Wednesday, sophomore Brandon Bennett got into a small altercation with a fellow student. It was after a basketball game and tempers were high, but the the two were separated by officials and students without much problem. Only then did things…
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wv’s rockefeller let’s slip the spying truth
from threat level: In a Senate floor speech, Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) inadvertently made plain that the proposed changes to the nation’s spying laws radically expand how the government wiretaps inside the United States. Rockefeller was decrying an amendment that would require the government to discard non-emergency evidence if a court later finds that…
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homeland stupidity won’t pay its phone bills
fbi wiretaps dropped due to unpaid billsfrom washington post: The FBI, which has had trouble keeping track of its guns and laptops, also has a chronic problem paying its phone bills on time, according to audit results released today. Telephone companies have repeatedly cut off FBI wiretaps of alleged terrorists and criminal suspects because of…
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nsa punishes qwest for refusing to spy on americans
from thinkprogess: Documents released in an insider trading trial yesterday reveal that “the National Security Agency and other government agencies retaliated against Qwest because the Denver telco refused to go along with a phone spying program.” In the documents, former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio is quoted as saying “the request was both inappropriate and illegal,…
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senate passes bush-backed spy bill
from reuters: The Democratic-led U.S. Senate, amid warnings of further attacks on the United States, approved a bill on Friday that would allow President George W. Bush to maintain his controversial domestic spying program. On a vote of 60-28, the Senate sent the measure to the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives for consideration as early…
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attorney general promises to detail spying program
from npr: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales tells Congress that he will hand over some legal documents describing the Bush administration’s domestic surveillance program. The pledge ends a two-week standoff between Congress and the White House. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Arlen Specter (R-PA), the senior members on the panel, asked for more details about documents…
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news on the march
Cuban mob attacks human rights protestersfrom washington post: More than 200 Cuban government supporters attacked 15 human rights activists on International Human Rights Day on Sunday, manhandling the demonstrators as they drove them from a Havana park. Ten Canadians die after taking bird flu vaccinefrom world poultry: Following reports that patients taking Tamiflu can exhibit…
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New Eminem Track References Wiretaps, Assassinations & 9/11
A track entitled ‘Public Enemy #1’ on Eminem’s upcoming mixtape The Re-up caught my ear this afternoon. The track features a simple almost militant style beat somewhat similar in tone to his last politically motivated track Mosh.