Tools of mass communication that were once the province of governments and corporations now fit in your pocket. Cell phones can capture video and send it wirelessly to the Internet. People can send eyewitness accounts, photos and videos, with a few keystrokes, to thousands or even millions via social networking sites. As these technologies have…
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House Bill Expands Oversight Of NSA
The House intelligence committee late Thursday approved measures to strengthen oversight of the National Security Agency and the overall intelligence community, including by making the jobs of NSA director and general counsel subject to Senate confirmation. The committee also voted to include provisions that would establish independent inspectors general at the NSA and at the…
The eavesdropping continues (Editorial)
Once again, the country is learning about how the federal government has been exceeding its legal authority and violating Americans’ most basic rights in the name of fighting terrorism. In a disturbing article in The Times on Wednesday, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau said that Congressional investigations suggest that the National Security Agency continues to…
AG Holder questioned on warrantless wiretapping
Senator Russ Feingold questioned Attorney General Eric Holder about NSA and warrantless domestic surveillance earlier this week. Holder didn’t exactly give a straight answer: FEINGOLD: In a speech to the American Constitutional Society in June 2008, you, sir, set the following. “I never thought that I would see the day when a president would act…