Hoyer cool to repealing retroactive immunity for telecom companiesSeptember 30th, 2009 Hoyer cool to repealing wiretap immunityWASHINGTON — House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer made clear Tuesday that he would be cool to a Senate proposal to take away the retroactive immunity now given to telecommunications companies that participated in warrantless wiretapping during the George W. Bush administration.
Judge mulling whether Islamic charity's lawsuit alleging illegal gov't wiretapping can proceedSeptember 23rd, 2009 Judge mulling Islamic charity wiretap lawsuitSAN FRANCISCO — The Obama administration on Wednesday kept up its fight to toss out a lawsuit alleging illegal wiretapping, arguing that moving forward with the case would jeopardize national security. U.S. Department of Justice lawyer Anthony Coppolino invoked the government's so-called state secret privilege in urging U.S.
Reports: Justice reconsidering when and how state secrecy privilege can be invokedSeptember 23rd, 2009 Reports: Justice reconsidering state secrecyWASHINGTON — The Justice Department is reconsidering government agencies' ability to use claims of state secrecy to block the release of information about controversial counterterrorism strategies like rendition and warrantless wiretapping, two newspapers reported Wednesday. Under a revised policy reported by The Washington Post, an agency trying to hide such information would have to convince Attorney General Eric Holder and a panel of Justice Department lawyers that its release would compromise national security.
Justice reconsidering when and how state secrecy privilege can be invokedSeptember 23rd, 2009 Justice reconsidering state secrecyWASHINGTON — The Justice Department is poised to announce a new policy on using claims of state secrecy to block the release of information about controversial counterterrorism strategies like rendition and warrantless wiretapping. The new policy is not expected to change the government's position in any current cases.
House Democrat defends oversight of struggling mortgage buyers Fannie, FreddieJuly 24th, 2009 Frank defends oversight of Fannie, FreddieWASHINGTON — House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank is defending Democrats' oversight of struggling mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. At a hearing Friday, the Massachusetts Democrat said the notion that the two institutions have been left "unbridled" by Democrats is a myth.
AP Interview: Former CIA chief Hayden says leading congressmen knew full scope of surveillanceJuly 11th, 2009 AP Interview: Hayden denies Congress not informedWASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden angrily struck back Saturday at assertions the Bush administration's post-9/11 surveillance program was more far-reaching than imagined and was largely concealed from congressional overseers.
Gov't report: Bush secret surveillance effort extended beyond wiretapping, lacked oversightJuly 11th, 2009 Report: Too few officials knew of surveillanceWASHINGTON — Not enough relevant officials were aware of the size and depth of an unprecedented surveillance program started under President George W. Bush, let alone signed off on it, a team of federal inspectors general found.
Gov't report: Bush secret surveillance effort extended far beyond wiretapping without warrantsJuly 11th, 2009 Report: Bush surveillance program was massiveWASHINGTON — The Bush administration built an unprecedented surveillance operation to pull in mountains of information far beyond the warrantless wiretapping previously acknowledged, a team of federal inspectors general reported Friday, questioning the legal basis for the effort but shielding almost all details on grounds they're still too secret to reveal. The report, compiled by five inspectors general, refers to "unprecedented collection activities" by U.S.
Report: Top Bush officials including ex-attorney general, CIA chief snubbed wiretapping reviewJuly 10th, 2009 Report: Bush officials snubbed wiretapping reviewWASHINGTON — Former Attorney General John Ashcroft and ex-CIA Director George Tenet are among the Bush administration officials who refused to be interviewed for a government report on the warrantless wiretapping program. The Bush-era program conducted electronic surveillance on calls and e-mails within the U.S.
IG Report: Bush surveillance program extended well beyond just warrentless wiretappingJuly 10th, 2009 Surveillance went beyond warrantless wiretappingWASHINGTON — A new internal government report says President George W. Bush authorized secret intelligence activities shortly after the Sept.
Gov't report: Bush secret surveillance program extended beyond wiretapping without warrantsJuly 10th, 2009 Report: Bush program extended beyond wiretappingWASHINGTON — The Bush administration authorized secret surveillance activities that still have not been made public, according to a new government report that questions the legal basis for the unprecedented anti-terrorism program. It's unclear how much valuable intelligence was yielded by the surveillance program started after the Sept.
San Francisco DA defends graduating illegal immigrants from a job programJune 24th, 2009 SF DA defends program training illegal immigrantsSAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco's district attorney is defending a city-led job program for first-time drug offenders that has included at least six illegal immigrants. The program came under fire after the Los Angeles Times reported earlier this week that immigrants who didn't have authorization were included.
Federal judge in San Francisco upholds telecoms' immunity from warrantless wiretap lawsuitsJune 3rd, 2009 Federal judge tosses warrantless wiretap casesSAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Wednesday tossed out more than three dozen lawsuits filed against the nation's telecommunications companies for allegedly taking part in the government's e-mail and telephone eavesdropping program that was done without court approval. In addition, he ordered officials in Maine, New Jersey, Connecticut, Vermont and Missouri to halt their investigations of the telecommunication companies for their alleged participation in the once-secret surveillance programs.
Justice Department refuses to release documents in wiretapping case; showdown with judge loomsMay 31st, 2009 Gov't refuses to release documents in wiretap caseWASHINGTON — The Obama administration insists it has no obligation to provide access to a top secret document in a wiretapping case, setting up a showdown next week with the judge who ordered it released. Justice Department lawyers, in a response Friday with the U.S.
Justice Department refuses to release documents in wiretapping case; showdown with judge loomsMay 30th, 2009 Gov't refuses to release secret documentsWASHINGTON — The Obama administration insists it has no obligation to provide access to a top secret document in a wiretapping case, setting up a showdown next week with the judge who ordered it released. Justice Department lawyers, in a response Friday with the U.S.
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