Revisions to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s Rules of Procedure, effective November 1, 2010. [Government Attic] Related postings on FISA Continue Reading
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EPIC: Surveillance Court Seeks Public Comments on Proposed Rules
“The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorizes a special court, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), to undertake electronic surveillance in the United States for foreign intelligence information. The FISC is now seeking public comments concerning its procedures. Comments must received by Monday, October 4, 2010. EPIC previously submitted an amicus brief regarding FISA authority… Continue Reading
Court Rejects Government's Executive Power Claims and Rules That Warrantless Wiretapping Violated Law
Follow up to previous postings on the Domestic Surveillance Program, via EFF, Kevin Bankston: “Today, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker of the federal district court in San Francisco found that the government illegally wiretapped an Islamic charity’s phone calls in 2004, granting summary judgment for the plaintiffs in Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation v. Obama. The court held… Continue Reading
EFF: Government Must Provide More Info on Campaign to GiveTelecoms Retroactive Immunity
News release: “A judge ordered the government Thursday to release more records about the lobbying campaign to provide immunity to the telecommunications giants that participated in the NSA’s warrantless surveillance program. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White ordered the records be provided to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) by October 9, 2009. The decision is… Continue Reading
JUSTICE Act Would Fix Long Standing Problems with PATRIOT Act and Other Surveillance Laws
News release and Fact Sheet: “U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Jon Tester (D-MT), Tom Udall (D-NM), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Daniel Akaka (D-HI) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) have introduced legislation to fix problems with surveillance laws that threaten the rights and liberties of American citizens. The Judicious Use of Surveillance… Continue Reading
ACLU letter to President of the EU's Article 29 Working Group
Barry Steinhart, director of the ACLU Technology & Liberty Project: April 16, 2008 Letter from the ACLU to the President of the European Union’s Article 29 Working Group urging investigation of NSA spying. “We would like to take this opportunity to raise with you and your colleagues our concerns regarding new extrajudicial surveillance of European… Continue Reading
Judiciary Committee Members: Administration Has Not Made the Case for Telecom Immunity
Follow up to March 11, 2008 posting, House Democrats Reject Telecom Immunity, “Today, House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and 19 members of the House Judiciary Committee issued a statement regarding telecommunications immunity, as the House prepares to consider the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Following a review of classified information relating to the… Continue Reading
House Democrats Reject Telecom Immunity
House Democratic Majority Leader/AP: “Locked in a standoff with the White House, House Democrats on Tuesday maintained their refusal to shield from civil lawsuits telecommunications companies that helped the government eavesdrop on their customers without a secret court’s permission. But they offered the companies an olive branch: the chance to use classified government documents to… Continue Reading
House Committee Leaders Unite to Oppose Immunity for Telecoms
Follow up to postings on the domestic surveillance program, from EFF, House Committee Leaders Unite to Oppose Immunity for Telecoms: February 8, 2008 “a formidable trio of House Committee Chairmen sent a stern letter to their colleagues urging them to oppose immunity for phone companies that assisted in the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping program. The White… Continue Reading
2008 State of the Union Policy Initiatives
Keeping America Safe By Fostering The Freedom Agenda – U.S. Is Promoting Liberty As A Hopeful Alternative To Violent Extremism, January 28, 2008 Increasing Our Energy Security And Confronting Climate Change – The Administration Is Taking Steps To Reduce U.S. Dependence On Oil, And To Advance U.S. Leadership In Developing A Global Response To Climate… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Audit: FBI's Management of Confidential Case Funds and Telecommunication Costs
The Federal Bureau of Investigations Management of Confidential Case Funds and Telecommunication Costs, Audit Report 08-03, January 2008, For Public Release. “Summary of Findings: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) conducts undercover activities as part of its mission to detect and deter terrorist attacks and foreign intelligence threats and to enforce the laws of the… Continue Reading
New CRS Reports on The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Brief Overview of Selected Issues, Updated December 14, 2007: “The current legislative and oversight activity with respect to electronic surveillance under Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has drawn national attention to several overarching issues. This report briefly outlines three such issues and touches upon some of the perspectives reflected… Continue Reading
