• Ex-Surveillance Judge Criticizes Warrantless Taps (f)
  A federal judge who used to authorize wiretaps in terrorism and espionage cases criticized yesterday President Bush's decision to order warrantless surveillance after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. "We have to understand you can fight the war [on terrorism] and lose everything if you have no civil liberties left when you get through fighting the war," said Royce C. Lamberth, a U.S. District Court judge in Washington and a former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, speaking at the American Library Association's annual convention. July 30, 2007
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• FBI Violated Constitution in Raid (f)
  A federal appeals court today ruled that the FBI violated the Constitution during a search of Rep. William J. Jefferson's Capitol Hill office last year and ordered the agency to return all privileged materials. Aug 3, 2007 The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia did not say that a raid on a congressional office was unconstitutional. But it ruled FBI agents skirted the law when they viewed paper documents during the May raid before giving the Louisiana Democrat an opportunity to challenge whether the papers were protected under the Constitution's "speech or debate" clause.
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• Federal Court Strikes Down NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program (p)(f)
  In an American Civil Liberties Union case, a federal court today ruled that the Bush administration’s program to monitor the phone calls and e-mails of Americans without warrants is unconstitutional and must be stopped. This is the first ruling by a federal court to strike down the controversial National Security Agency surveillance program. Aug 17, 2006
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• Federal Court Strikes Down Patriot Act National Security Letters
  A federal court today struck down the amended Patriot Act's National Security Letter (NSL) provision. The law has permitted the FBI to issue NSLs demanding private information about people within the United States without court approval, and to gag those who receive NSLs from discussing them. The court found that the gag power was unconstitutional and that because the statute prevented courts from engaging in meaningful judicial review of gags, it violated the First Amendment and the principle of separation of powers.
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• Feingold Seeks Senate Censure of Bush (p)(f)
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• Files Say Agency Initiated Growth of Spying Effort - New York Times (p)(f)
  The National Security Agency acted on its own authority, without a formal directive from President Bush, to expand its domestic surveillance operations in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, according to declassified documents released Tuesday. New York Times Jan 4, 2006 Registration Required
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• Gonzales: Congress doesn`t need to act on NSA program North County Times - North San Diego and Southwest Riverside County Ne...
  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales made clear Wednesday that the White House is not seeking congressional action to inscribe the National Security Agency`s monitoring into U.S. law, even as members of Congress negotiate with the Bush administration about legislation. MArch 8,2006
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• Gonzales's Truthfulness Long Disputed (f)
  When Alberto R. Gonzales was asked during his January 2005 confirmation hearing whether the Bush administration would ever allow wiretapping of U.S. citizens without warrants, he initially dismissed the query as a "hypothetical situation." But when Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) pressed him further, Gonzales declared: "It is not the policy or the agenda of this president to authorize actions that would be in contravention of our criminal statutes." July 30, 2007
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• Google defies US over search data (p)(f)
  The internet search engine Google is resisting efforts by the US Department of Justice to force it to hand over data about what people are looking for. CNN Jan 20, 2006
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• Goss Says Leaks Have Hurt CIA`s Work, Urges Probe (p)(f)
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• Hayden Faces Senate and CIA Hurdles if Named (p)(f)
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• Hayden Unafraid to Confront Controversy (p)(f)
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• House approves changes in terror spy program (f)
  (08-05) 04:00 PDT Washington -- Under pressure from President Bush, the House on Saturday gave final approval to changes in a terrorist surveillance program despite serious objections from many Democrats about the scope of the executive branch's new eavesdropping power.
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• House Approves Wiretap Measure (f)
  a secret court ruling earlier this year that complicated the wiretapping of purely foreign communications that happen to pass through a communications node on U.S. soil. The bill would give the National Security Agency the right to collect such communications in the future without a warrant. But it goes further than that: It also would allow the interception and recording of electronic communications involving, at least in part, people "reasonably believed to be outside the United States" without a court's order or oversight. Aug 5, 2007
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• How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won (f)
  Bush administration leveraged Democratic acquiescence into a broader victory: congressional approval of a Republican bill that would expand surveillance powers far beyond what Democratic leaders had initially been willing to accept.
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• Judge Hears Arguments in Spy Program Case (p)(f)
  Government attorneys continued Monday to argue that state secrets would be breached if a lawsuit challenging President Bush's domestic spying program is heard in federal court. July 10, 2006
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• Kaine Order To Shield Gays Called Unlawful (p)(f)
  Virginia`s Republican attorney general said Friday that Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) had violated the state constitution by issuing an executive order banning discrimination against gay men and lesbians in the state workforce. Kaine said he would ignore the six-page advisory opinion from Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell (R).Washington Post February 25, 2006; B06
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• Lawmakers challenge Bush on likely CIA pick (p)(f)
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• Limiting NSA Spying Is Inconsistent With Rationale, Critics Say (p)(f)
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