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Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos

Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcosSomeday......he mused wistfullyThey don't getit do they? Our constitunional rights was violated!!! Its nothing more then a game to all our elected officals. The way to remendy this is reelect a different representive each term so no one is is paid a retirement/insurance/...

Tags: Robots, Telecom & Utilities, immunity, FISA Court, Judiciary Committee

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

Bush wants FISA controls relaxed, updated for new technology

As laid out in a May column in the Washington Post, the Bush Administration wants to update FISA -- the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- so that it covers modern technology, eWeek notes.Yes, this is the same FISA law that the Administration flaunted with the NSA warrantless spying...

Tags: Privacy, Justice, Homeland security

Blog posts 2007-07-16

Bush drops NSA warrantless spying ops

The Bush administration has given up on the warantless eavesdropping program run by the National Security Agency. From now on, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said, the secret FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court will oversee eavesdropping operations, The Washington Post reports. Under the new plan, the FISA court...

Tags: Government technology, Homeland security, Intelligence, FISA Court

Blog posts 2007-01-18

Telecom spy suits consolidated in federal court

Telecom spy suits consolidated in federal courtOnly liers and cheats have something to hideBush's refusal to use the FISA court only proves that his administration is hiding something illegal. Time and time agian, members of the republican party are cheats liers and thieves. The Nixon heritage lives on when the...

Tags: Telephony, emporer, FISA Court, telecommunications

Discussion threads 2006-08-11

Compromise on NSA spying pretty one-sided

Sen. Arlen Specter's (R-Pa) "compromise" bill PDF with the Bush administration over NSA domestic spying is getting roundly criticized by leading newspapers. The bill would allow the government to request that any lawsuit that attacks the legality of classified surveillance programs be transferred to the secret FISA court system. And...

Tags: FISA Court

Blog posts 2006-07-18

Where is the outrage?

Finally, now that USA Today has broken the story (NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls), people are beginning to take notice. But is it too little, too late? The first hints of NSA data-mining telephone and internet traffic surfaced last year, when a 'leak' at the...

Tags: NSA

Blog posts 2006-05-18

Legal loophole emerges in NSA spy program

Legal loophole emerges in NSA spy programMy RIGHT to my life...trumps your "right" to privacy.deal with it.What bothers me the most isthese clauses that say revealing that I'm being spied upon is a criminal offense. And this bullsh*t that their protecting me against foriegn terrorist while the terrorist are killing...

Tags: Vertical industries, E-mail, Nothing, government, customers privacy, FISA Court

Discussion threads 2006-05-17

FAQ: NSA's data mining explained

FAQ: NSA's data mining explainedLiarsDon't count on your elected officials to do anything about the president breaking laws as he sees fit. All this "we will get tough on him" is a bunch of political posturing bullcr*p. I'm really hoping the Dems win the house and senate just...

Tags: Government, Databases, data mining, FISA Court, NSA

Discussion threads 2006-05-12

Justice knew Bush wiretapping illegal

The Washington Post has more on the continuing saga of information the public didn't need to know until it embarrassingly reached the light of day: The judges who head up the FISA court that had been responsible for issuing secret warrants were possibly mislead by the National Security...

Tags: Alberto Gonzales, FISA Court

Blog posts 2006-02-09

Bush allies defend NSA surveillance

Bush allies defend NSA surveillanceIf it is so obvious that they are only intercepting terrorist communicationcommunications, it would take very little time to convince a Judge and get a court order. We need a judge to ok these kinds of things. I do NOT trust Bush and his buddies.Well, this...

Tags: Osama, NSA, FISA Court, 9/11 commission

Discussion threads 2006-01-24

Additional Resources

NSA will monitor private-sector networks

NSA will monitor private-sector networksSigh, These things always depress me.Someday, I am going to end up living in a cave with out any type of electrical device, just to enjoy some privacy. This will probably be illegal as not wanting some one to invade your privacy will be a crime.Is...

Tags: Vertical industries, private-sector network, NSA, government, Bush, imager, monitor, Socialism, network

Discussion threads 2009-07-06

Wiretapping ruling protects carriers - not you

Should companies be punished for letting the government wiretap your phone line? The courts don't think so. US District Court dismissed 46 civil suits filed against several of the major carriers, such as AT&T and Verizon,  for allowing the National Security Agency to wiretap their networks without a court-issued wiretap....

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Carrier, Government, Vertical Industries, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-06-08

Judge rejects telecom cases but Al-Haramain moves forward

Bad news for the EFF's and ACLU's attempts to sue telephone companies for cooperating with the NSA. Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker rejected the groups’ lawsuits because Congress had passed the FISA amendment giving telecoms immunity. The groups plan to appeal on constitutional grounds. While...

Tags: Court, Statute, Obama Administration, House, Government, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Vertical Industries, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-04

"Joe the Plumber"'s data compromised by government insider

"Joe the Plumber"'s data compromised by government insiderIllegal activity no big deal...because the security breach benefits the Dems, who are overwhelmingly supported by the media and government workers. Hey, slap on the wrist, don't do that again.Now, if the breach had gone the other way, it'd be front-page news...

Tags: SECURITY, Obama, devilcrat, Joe, Plumber

Discussion threads 2008-10-25

EFF sues NSA over warrantless wiretaps

The EFF has filed a lawsuit against the National Security Agency as a follow-up to its stymied suit against AT&T. Five individuals are lead plaintiffs in a suit seeking class action status against President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Cheney's chief of staff David Addington, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and...

Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, AT&T Corp., Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfare

Georgia conflict may mean the birth of modern cyber-warfareTaiwanI think an impetus for Red Flag Linux wqas the inability of Beijing to secure Windows against Taiwan, but my memory might be faulty.Cyberwar? You must be kiddind...I thought that word "war" is applicable for some serious events that have catastrophic consequences...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Hacking, Saakashvili

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

Dems ready to cave on telecom immunity

Democratic leaders are preparing to cave to intense pressure to give telecom companies immunity from spying-related lawsuits, News.com's Anne Broache reports. Pitched as a "compromise" by Republicans, the new version essentially gives the Bush Administration "what it wants," Caroline Fredrickson, director of the ACLU's Washington office, says....

Tags: Court, Immunity, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Quality, Telecommunications, Networking, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-30

Patriot Act preventing Google Apps adoption in schools

Patriot Act preventing Google Apps adoption in schoolsOpen Records ActAren't all U.S. public schools under the Open Records Act anyways? I.e., isn't "private communcations" for private and non-U.S. schools only at best?...The unpatriot act is only part of the shift from a Democratic Republic to a Fascist regime. I have...

Tags: Regulations, records request, USA PATRIOT Act, Google Inc., Google Apps adoption, Google Apps

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

House nixes telecom immunity, votes to investigate abuses

The House just passed a FISA bill without immunity for telecom companies! The White House is pissed off: The White House circulated a statement after the vote calling it a "a significant step backward in defending our country against terrorism" that was...

Tags: White House, Immunity, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-03-14

ISP turns over hundreds of email accounts to FBI

It was a "technical glitch" or "apparent miscommunication" that resulted in an unnamed ISP turning over to the FBI huge quantities of users' email -- far more than a judge approved. A FISA court approved the release of email from a single email account, but due to "miscommunication" the...

Tags: e-Mail Account, FBI, Internet Service Provider, Episode, E-mail, Federal Government, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Online Communications, Government, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-02-18