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Calls for Investigation into Pentagon Domestic Surveillance Have Generated Response

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After a series of Congressional calls for hearings and investigations into the administration’s controversial post 9/11 domestic surveillance program, news today from several sources confirming that probes have indeed been launched, and hearings scheduled. Questions remain as to when, and if, the conclusions will be made public. Additionally, ABC News reports that former NSA “insider” Russell Tice is on record as a whistleblower at the heart of the New York Times article that revealed the program’s existence.
Related reference:

  • Letter from Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe to Rep. John Conyers, Jr. [locate the full text by scrolling down a bit from the top of the posting] concerning “the legality of the classified program of electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency..that the President authorized within months of the September 11, 2001, attacks by Al Qaeda…The inescapable conclusion is that the [Authorization to Use Military Force] AUMF did not implicitly authorize what the FISA expressly prohibited. It follows that the presidential program of surveillance at issue here is a violation of the separation of powers — as grave an abuse of executive authority as I can recall ever having studied.”

    • Guide to Malware Reviews and Evaluates Threats and Industry Responses

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    Malware – Future Trends, by Dancho Danchev,10/01/06 (26 pages, PDF). “Malware has truly evolved during the last couple of years. Its potential for financial and network based abuse was quickly realized, and thus, tactics changed, consolidation between different parties occurred, and the malware scene became overly monetized, with its services available on demand. What are… Continue Reading

    Kennedy Bill Seeks Congressional Access to Daily Briefings on WMD

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    S. 2175 – A bill to require the submittal to Congress of any Presidential Daily Briefing relating to Iraq during the period beginning on January 20, 1997, and ending on March 19, 2003. Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA](introduced 12/21/2005). Latest Major Action: 12/22/2005 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the… Continue Reading

    Opposition to Domestic Surveillance Grows Within Legal Community

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    CDT: “Fourteen of the nation’s leading experts on constitutional law today issued an analysis concluding that “the Justice Department’s defense of what it concedes was secret and warrantless electronic surveillance of persons within the United States fails to identify any plausible legal authority for such surveillance. Accordingly the program appears on its face to violate… Continue Reading