Sam Knight reports: For years, lawyers representing the team at Wikileaks have been aware that federal prosecutors were conducting a lengthy investigation into the organization. The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia finally confirmed the investigation back in March, but said only “it remains ongoing” and would not comment further. Reporters sleuthed out that a number…
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NSA abuses targeted politicians, judges, lawyers, and then-candidate Obama – NSA whistleblower Russ Tice (UPDATE)
In his guest column on the history of government surveillance of our communications, Stephen K. Gielda wrote: History is rife with the US government abusing intelligence. Intelligence data has been used repeatedly as a political weapon. As if on cue, on Wednesday, Jason Howerton reported: Russ Tice, a former intelligence analyst and Bush-era NSA whistleblower,…
Govt says EFF “very much overreacted” to request for delay in Jewel v. NSA in light of Snowden disclosures
Earlier this month, I noted that the government had sought a delay in Jewel v. NSA following revelations in The Guardian about surveillance programs. I haven’t seen EFF’s response to the government’s notice and request, but it would appear that EFF did not agree, and on Wednesday, the government filed a response to EFF’s opposition that…
New documents reveal parameters of NSA’s secret surveillance programs
Ellen Nakashima, Barton Gellman and Greg Miller of The Washington Post published documents involving NSA surveillance yesterday. Some of the documents (identified as Documents three and four below) were also published by The Guardian yesterday. Here is WaPo’s description of the four files: Document one: A judge with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington,…