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- Senator demands info on search engine subpoena
- Senator demands info on search engine subpoenaWatch out LeahyWe all remember what happened to Paul Wellstone when he tried to thwart the fascist agenda..http://www.alternet.org/story/14399/I wrote my Senatorsand asked them to support Leahy. They are both Dems, so I suppose they will . . .Corp. guys (Bill Gates is No 1)...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-25
- Data-security bill may move forward next week
- Data-security bill may move forward next weekCorrection to story"Specter and Leahy introduced an amended version of their June proposal. The new version omits a section that would have severely restricted the sale and use of social security numbers by businesses and other entities. According to a committee representative, the provision...
- Discussion threads 2005-09-30
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- House committee passes 'gluttonous' Pro IP Act
- So, we have a credit crisis, a foreclosure crisis, a full-blown recession and no plans on how to get out of Iraq or how to create a regional solution. So what do we need? How about an intellectual property czar and stiffer penalties for unauthorized music downloading? ...
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Telecom immunity bill advances in Senate; Dodd promises filibuster
- The battle over telecommunications immunity continued Monday with a Senate vote, 76-10, to advance for a floor vote a bill protecting the companies from lawsuits relating to cooperation with national surveillance efforts. The Times reports that most Democrats voted to move forward, as a bid by...
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- Judiciary Committee passes on immunity for telcos
- The issue of immunity for telecommunications companies who cooperate with warrantless wiretaps is at the center of a looming showdown in Congress. Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved 10-9 a version of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that doesn't include immunity, the New York Times reports. Also Thursday night,...
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Under PIRATE bill, Justice Dept would sue filesharers
- Those representatives of the people, your U.S. senators, may not be able to block the nomination of an attorney general who is not sure that waterboarding is torture, but they are ready to fight against a true evil: P2P pirates. Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and John...
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- Mukasey says that war powers may allow for warrantless wiretaps
- The love feast for attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey came to an abrupt halt Thursday, as the nominee suggested that the president's executive powers are pretty darn expansive, after all. Mukasey said that the president could ignore federal surveillance law if it infringes on his...
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Attorney general nominee says he will protect civil liberties
- Even as an administration that aggressively expanded warrantless surveillance and intelligence gathering enters its final year, the nominee to replace Alberto Gonzales as attorney general spoke forcefully about the need to protect civil liberties, The Washington Post reports. Attorney general nominee Michael B. Mukasey said at his confirmation hearing...
- Blog posts 2007-10-17
- Patent law changes power ahead in Congress
- Patent law changes power ahead in CongressSenator Leahy: "promote and protect" patents.Quoting the quote in the article:"We have reaffirmed our commitment to ensuring that our nation's patent laws promote and protect the inventiveness of all of our industries..." Th e bill intends, of cource, to simplify and standardize the...
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- What's your score? FBI STAR program uses to data to evaluate terrorism risk
- Would you trust a computer to identify potential terrorists? The FBI is working on a computer-profiling system that would do just that and not everyone is happy about it, reports the Washington Post.The System to Assess Risk, or STAR, set to be tested next year, will function in much the...
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
- Senate issues subpoenas on NSA warrantless wiretapping
- The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday issued subpoenas to the White House, Vice President Dick Cheney's office and the Justice Department after what the panel's chairman called "stonewalling of the worst kind" of efforts to investigate the National Security Agency's policy of wiretapping without warrants.Senator Patrick J. Leahy, chairman of...
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Anti-Real ID rebellion comes to the Senate
- The debate rages on over citizen privacy rights versus government standards for drivers licenses, reports the Washington Post. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) stood his ground over protecting citizen privacy by stating that he would support a repeal of the RealID Act, a 2005 law that...
- Blog posts 2007-05-09
- Senate subpoenas Gonzales' emails with Rove
- Senators subpoenaed Attorney General Alberto Gonzales emails today, demanding all email correspondence between him and Karl Rove related to the firings of eight federal prosecutors, The Washington Post reports. "It is troubling that significant documents highly relevant to the committees inquiry have not been produced," Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick...
- Blog posts 2007-05-02
- Apple behind new patent reform bill
- Apple behind new patent reform billApples cares about you, MS hates youI knew Apple was wonderful and good and kind and caring, otherwise why would they support something that was so wonderful? Apple's support of this will absolutely [b]kill[/b] MS!! HAHAHAHA!!!! m1cR0$$$lop must be so made about this bill and...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-19
- Apple behind new patent reform bill
- Apple is one of several companies adding their support to the Patent Reform Act of 2007 which Macworld describes as "A bipartisan bill currently under consideration in the U.S. Congress, the proposed legislation calls for some fundamental changes to the way that patents are granted and the way they’re litigated...
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- Justice fights Senate demand for reporting on data mining
- Bipartisan legislation in the Senate would require disclosure to Congress of data-mining programs, but the Justice Department opposes it, saying disclosure is already required under the 2006 renewal of the USA Patriot Act, The Washington Post reports. The department missed the March 9 deadline to report on its data-mining...
- Blog posts 2007-03-27
- Gates urges federal data privacy law
- Gates urges federal data privacy lawWe agree on one thingOnly I'd go one farther: I would let people decide who gets to keep their information on file. Maybe you like the idea of instant credit, maybe you don't care. If you don't you should have the ability to...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-08
- Datamining program violated privacy laws
- Datamining program violated privacy lawsBIG DEALS"enate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) has introduced bipartisan legislation to require the White House to report more fully to Congress on datamining programs."BIG DEAL! Legislation requiring the White House to report to Congress on datamining is a total waste of time and...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-05
- Datamining program violated privacy laws
- The Department of Homeland Security has violated privacy laws in the testing of an aggressive data-mining program, a forthcoming Government Accountability Office reports says. The Washington Post reports that the GAO found that DHS researchers used citizens real information instead of fake data in testing the ADVISE program. ADVISE...
- Blog posts 2007-02-28
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