CRS Report – P.L. 110-55, the Protect America Act of 2007: Modifications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, August 23, 2007 [via FAS] From LLRX.com, See also – Commentary: The Protect America Act and Legislation Related to the Domestic Surveillance Program, by Beth Wellington, August 2007. Continue Reading
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Legal Information Management in a Global and Digital Age: Revolution and Tradition, by Claire M. Germain IM a Librarian: Establishing a Virtual Reference Service with Little Cost or Technical Skill, by Bonnie Shucha Search at the Foundation of the Enterprise, by John I. Alber Technology and the Generation Gap, by Genevieve Zook E-Discovery Update: Understanding… Continue Reading
Questions and Answers on the Protect America Act of 2007
Follow-up to August 5, 2007 posting – Bill to Amend Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Ready for President’s Signature – today’s FAQ: How far does the new wiretap law go? by Declan McCullagh – “Over strong objections from civil liberties groups and many Democrats, legislators voted over the weekend to temporarily rewrite a 1978 wiretapping law… Continue Reading
Declassified CIA Documents Posted on Web by National Security Archive
Press release: “The Central Intelligence Agency violated its charter for 25 years until revelations of illegal wiretapping, domestic surveillance, assassination plots, and human experimentation led to official investigations and reforms in the 1970s, according to declassified documents posted today on the Web by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. CIA director Gen. Michael… Continue Reading
House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution
Chairman Nadler Announces Hearings Series: The Constitution in Crisis: The State of Civil Liberties in America Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee to Explore Administration Programs Threatening Americans Liberties; Kicks Off with June 7 Hearing on NSA Wiretapping Program WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (NY-08), Chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on… Continue Reading
NJ Rejects Justice Department Argument in Phone Records Suit
Press release: “Acting Attorney General Anne Milgram declares in a brief filed in federal court that the United States Justice Department’s move to block a state investigation into whether telephone companies provided call records to the National Security Agency without a court warrant interferes with the Attorney General’s ability to investigate violations of New Jersey… Continue Reading
Final Investigative Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff
Follow-up to August 1, 2006 posting, Findings of Upcoming Report on Administration Policies on WMD and NSA, see the Final Investigative Report of the House Judiciary Committee Democratic Staff: The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Coverups in the Iraq War, and Illegal Domestic Surveillance. (This Report is… Continue Reading
Hearing: FISA for the 21st Century
Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing today: FISA for the 21st Century. Link to witness statements. AP: President Pushes To Revise Wiretap Law AP: Specter proposes challenge of Bush’s power on laws EFF: The White House/Specter Surveillance Bill S. 2453 – A bill to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance programs. ACLU press… Continue Reading
Judge Denies Government's Motion to Dismiss AT&T Case
Press release: “A federal judge today denied the government’s motion to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) case against AT&T for collaborating with the NSA in illegal spying of millions of ordinary Americans. This allows the case to go forward in the courts.” Related postings on domestic surveillance programs Continue Reading
House Intelligence Hearing on Modernizing FISA
House Intelligence to Hold Open Hearing on Modernizing FISA, July 19, 2006. Statement of Jim Dempsey, Policy Director, Center for Democracy and Technology, July 19, 2006 (13 pages, PDF) ABA President’s Testimony to House Intelligence Committee Hearing on Domestic Surveillance, July 19, 2006 Center for Advanced Studies in Science and Technology Policy Executive Director Kim… Continue Reading
Security Expert Calls for End to Anti-Terror Data Mining Program
According to security technology expert Bruce Schneier, the NSA data mining surveillance program “won’t uncover any terrorist plots until they are very accurate, and that even very accurate systems will be so flooded with false alarms that they will be useless.” Continue Reading
ACLU Launches Program Against Phone Call Monitoring
Follow-up to previous postings on domestic surveillance of telephone calls, this press release today – ACLU Launches Nationwide Action Against NSA Snooping on Americans’ Phone Calls: “ACLU affiliates in 20 states today filed complaints with Public Utility Commissions or sent letters to state Attorneys General and other officials demanding investigations into whether local telecommunications companies… Continue Reading
