WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government’s authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. The warrantless intercept program would have expired at the end of 2012 without the president’s approval. Original post on huffingtonpost.com Comments on reddit.com
This week, as Congressional incompetence threatens to plunge the US into another recession, it’s comforting to know that Democrats and Republicans can still agree on at least one thing: that the US… Original post on theverge.com Comments on reddit.com
Glenn Greenwald: The California Democrat’s disgusting rhetoric recalls the worst of Dick Cheney while advancing Obama’s agenda Original post on guardian.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
Four senators want Americans protected from warrantless E-mail, text message searches. Original post on usnews.com Comments on reddit.com
It’s back. On Thursday the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a five-year reauthorization of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), the 2008 law that legalized the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program and more…. Original post on aclu.org Comments on reddit.com
In a very rare public concession, a leading aide to the nation’s top spy not only admitted a federal sidestep of a major section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. She also acknowledged that the court overseeing such surveillance Original post on wired.com Comments on reddit.com
How many Americans had their privacy violated via the NSA warrantless wiretap powers granted under the FISA Amendment Act of 2008? The NSA Inspector General said they can’t tell us as that would violate Americans’ privacy. Original post on networkworld.com Comments on digg.com
