http://netvouz.com/garoldstone/tag/rights?feed=rss&pg=4 garoldstone's bookmarks tagged "rights" on Netvouz http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/23/AR2007062301125.html 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 garoldstone Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:21:01 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/03/AR2007080300696.html?nav=rss_nation 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. garoldstone Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:13:18 GMT http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nsaspying/26489prs20060817.html 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 garoldstone Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:43:24 GMT http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/31580prs20070906.html 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. garoldstone Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:46:50 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/12/AR2006031200877.html?nav=rss_print/asection garoldstone Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:26:56 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/04/politics/04nsa.html?ex=1139979600&en=f1635bb4b1bfa895&ei=5070 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 garoldstone Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:23:14 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/19/AR2006021900851.html Cui Objects to Wikipedia Shutdown (p)(f) garoldstone Mon, 20 Feb 2006 18:23:10 GMT http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/03/09/news/nation/15_42_343_8_06.txt 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 garoldstone Fri, 10 Mar 2006 17:30:19 GMT http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/29/AR2007072901327.html 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 garoldstone Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:01:24 GMT http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4630694.stm 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 garoldstone Mon, 23 Jan 2006 14:59:55 GMT