• NSA Domestic Spying
  Most Targets Not Terrorists (p)(f)
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• NSA Spying Part of Broader Effort (f)
  The Bush administration's chief intelligence official said yesterday that President Bush authorized a series of secret surveillance activities under a single executive order in late 2001. The disclosure makes clear that a controversial National Security Agency program was part of a much broader operation than the president previously described. Aug 1, 2007
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• NSA Whitewash Passes Judiciary Committee on Party-Line Vote (p)(f)
  Senate Bill 2453 was written by Senator Arlen Specter in consultation with Vice President Dick Cheney: “This bill is a dire threat to the system of checks and balances that has been fundamental to our democracy for more than 200 years. It violates the basic principle that no one, not even the president, is above the law. If enacted, it would threaten Americans’ most basic constitutional rights and liberties. Sep 13, 2006
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• NSA: Spying at Home - Article Index Washington Post (p)(f)
  Reports that President Bush signed a secret order in 2002 authorizing the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals in the United States have led to repeated requests by some members of Congress for explanations from administration officials, as well as accusations of civil rights violations from privacy groups. Critics say the agency’s eavesdropping activities violate the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which makes it a crime to conduct domestic surveillance without a criminal or intelligence warrant. [check this index for new articles)
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• On Hill, Anger and Calls for Hearings Greet News of Stateside Surveillance (p)(f)
  Congressional leaders of both parties called for hearings and issued condemnations yesterday in the wake of reports that President Bush signed a secret order in 2002 allowing the National Security Agency to spy on hundreds of U.S. citizens and other residents without court-approved warrants. Washington December 17, 2005; Page A01
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• Panel on Eavesdropping Is Briefed by White House (p)(f)
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• President Acknowledges Approving Secretive Eavesdropping (p)(f)
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• Probe Sought on NSA Surveillance (p)(f)
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• Pushing the Limits Of Wartime Powers (p)(f)
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• Reality, Not Rhetoric, On FISA (f)
  Congressional testimony by former deputy attorney general James Comey called into question the accuracy of everything I had heard before about the so-called Terrorist Surveillance Program. According to Comey, in the spring of 2004 President Bush authorized a program of domestic surveillance even though his acting attorney general was so concerned about the surveillance that he could not in good faith "certify its legality." Silvestre Reyes, chair House Intel Cmte May 30, 2007
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• Records on Spy Program Turned Over to Lawmakers (f)
  The Justice Department turned over documents about the government's controversial domestic spying program to select members of Congress yesterday, ending a two-week standoff that included pointed threats of subpoenas from Democrats. Feb 1, 2007
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• Report Rebuts Bush on Spying (p)(f)
  A report by Congress's research arm concluded yesterday that the administration's justification for the warrantless eavesdropping authorized by President Bush conflicts with existing law and hinges on weak legal arguments. January 7, 2006
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• Report: NSA continues controversial data-mining program | csmonitor.com (p)(f)
  It now appears, however, that the controversial program, which was first brought to the public`s attention in 2002, is continuing. The National Journal reported Thursday that TIA "was stopped in name only" and has been continued within the National Security Agency (NSA), the intelligence agency now fending off charges that it has violated the privacy of US citizens in the domestic wiretapping scandal. Christian Science Monitor Feb 24, 2006
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• Report: NSA spying broader than Bush acknowledged (p)(f)
  The National Security Agency has conducted much broader surveillance of e-mails and phone calls — without court orders — than the Bush administration has acknowledged, The New York Times reported on its website. USAtoday Dec 24, 2005 1:09 am ET
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• Republicans would allow warrantless wiretaps - Americas - International Herald Tribune (p)(f)
  The plan by Senate Republicans to step up oversight of the National Security Agency`s domestic surveillance program would also give legislative sanction for the first time to long-term eavesdropping on Americans without a court warrant, according to legal experts.
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• Rift Between Parties Over NSA Wiretapping Grows (p)(f)
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• RNC Chief Defends Domestic Wiretaps (p)(f)
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• RNC Points To Spy Orders By Carter, Clinton (p)(f)
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• Ruling Limited Spying Efforts (f)
  A federal intelligence court judge earlier this year secretly declared a key element of the Bush administration's wiretapping efforts illegal, according to a lawmaker and government sources, providing a previously unstated rationale for fevered efforts by congressional lawmakers this week to expand the president's spying powers. Aug 3, 2007
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• Saudi Group Alleges Wiretapping by U.S. (p)(f)
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