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Mukasey revives probe into lawyers' roles in NSA spying

Mukasey revives probe into lawyers' roles in NSA spyingHmThere appears to be more going on than meets the eye. I wonder if Mukasey made this a condition for accepting the job. Can't imagine that this was something President Bush wanted to do.

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Mukasey, NSA Spying

Discussion threads 2007-11-14

Compromise on NSA spying pretty one-sided

Compromise on NSA spying pretty one-sidedNSA sping Till hell freezes overThe pattern of this administration is very well established at this point, as is the fawning deference of Senate "leadership". For all his wailing about the lack of consultation, Specter folded up the tent with nary a whimper. So much...

Tags: NSA, NSA Spying

Discussion threads 2006-07-24

Senate won't quiz telecoms about NSA spying

Senate won't quiz telecoms about NSA spyingSuprise supriseMoney talks again....Dear Arlen,Please remove your face from Bush's rotting crotch.:o)Much coverage in US press?Has this had any significant coverage in the US papers?This really should be a major issue that's picked up on. My cynical mind however tells me...

Tags: Telephony, Cheney, George W. Bush, NSA Spying, telecommunications, U.S. Senate

Discussion threads 2006-06-06

NSA spying comes under legal, political attack

NSA spying comes under legal, political attackOsama loves Democrats!These stupid latte-drinking, pot-smoking, sissy-loving, funky-smelling, lie-telling, euro-loving, baby-killing, criminal-coddling, bush-wacking, cheese-cutting, same-sexers, low-lifers, soilder-hating, terrorist-hugging, truth-denying, tax-hiking, outcome-based-educating, gun-controling, freedom-stealing, God-hating, self-loving, broke-back-mountain-watching, money-give-awayers, dike-supporting, morals-dodging, hypocrites, democrats, Al Gore votenig, tree-huggers and racist color counters, get on my last nerve!Re:...

Tags: Osama, NSA, NSA Spying, political attack

Discussion threads 2006-04-27

Senators press for details of NSA spying

Senators press for details of NSA spying*Between* wars"Sen. Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican, on the other hand, said that during a time of war, Congress should be deferential to the White House."You're *between* wars, not *at* war. You're after the Afganistan and Iraq wars and just before the Iran &...

Tags: NSA Spying

Discussion threads 2006-02-28

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Obama upholds Bush laptop search policy - with new safeguards

Really at this point, can anybody be surprised to read this, in today's Washington Post: The Obama administration will largely preserve Bush-era procedures allowing the government to search -- without suspicion of wrongdoing -- the contents of a traveler's laptop computer, cellphone or other electronic...

Tags: Policy, Laptop Computer, Obama, Government, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-28

General: NSA doesn't want to control cybersecurity

General: NSA doesn't want to control cybersecurityThey cant control itThe same org that needs backdoors, and vulnerabilities for spying operations, surely cant be in charge of security Americas Mainframes and Servers LOL. That would be a house divided against itself, and a conflict of interest.Also..Remember these same Govt organizations...

Tags: SECURITY, NSA, cybersecurity

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

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ATComcast does it tooWell, at least a few years ago they did. I had received multiple letters in the mail with very harsh language from Comcast due to one of my roomates downloading from torrent sites and such.Comcast?Good luck with Comcast. I've had both for a good while and...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Peer to peer (P2P), Comcast Corp., RIAA, Internet Service Provider, AT&T Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-25

Tice: NSA mixed spying with credit card data

Tice: NSA mixed spying with credit card dataJust remember.....This is one analyst saying this with the word of mouth and not hard evidence. I know of plenty of people in this world that would come out and say whatever they had to gain a spotlight or accuse someone of...

Tags: Sales channel, Dr StrangeLove, NSA, credit card

Discussion threads 2009-01-23

Tice: NSA mixed spying with credit card data

NSA analyst says agency spied on journalists, Americans, then added in financial data. by Richard Koman

Tags: Credit Card, Communication, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-01-23

Obama staff: White House in tech 'dark ages'

Obama staff: White House in tech 'dark ages'Obama, hand over your BlackberryLook I realize this article was written in jest (uh, at least I hope it was...), but the point needs to be made clear that things like Facebook and outside e-mail have no place in the White House. ...

Tags: Government, E-mail, Microsoft Windows, Vertical industries, White House, Obama, dark age, Facebook

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

Verizon fires workers who snooped on Obama cell records

Verizon fires workers who snooped on Obama cell recordsYou missunderstandIt is one thing to legally access these records, a whole different matter to have an unauthorized party do it.Whether we agree with something or not does not change the fact that if a legitmate request is made, it has to...

Tags: worker, American People, Well HERE, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-23

Verizon Wireless: Our employees breached Obama's cell phone records

Verizon Wireless: Our employees breached Obama's cell phone recordsGo ahead, putall your privae information on line with cloud computing. No one look....Hello? It happens everywhere. Everywhere.You do not think that humans by nature are an uncurious or uninquisative lot, do you?Such penalties are put into place as without the...

Tags: Obama, cell phone record, Verizon Wireless, leave, cell phone

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawal

Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawalNo one will careBecause he is The One, the press will never flame him if he happens to stray.With a Republican, it would be a "serious breach of national security" don't you know.Think I'm joking? Watch.RE: Obama faces BlackBerry withdrawalFollow Obama on Line Spout. http://www.linespout.com?q=obamaRE:...

Tags: Handhelds, Obama, BlackBerry withdrawal, RIM BlackBerry, withdrawal, White House, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-11-15

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

News to know: IE vs Chrome; Microsoft's TV pack; Oracle; Pandora CEO

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Should Microsoft do an IE 8 'Lite'? Larry Dignan: Google: Chrome likely to land on Mac before Linux Ed Bott: TV...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft TV, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., TV, E-mail, Open Source, Tv & Home Theater, Online Communications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-09-19

Telescopes and teapots the new frontier in high-tech spying

Remember the good ol' days of the Cold War when movies showed up Russian spooks with high-powered binocs looking through windows and placing bugs behind picture frames? Those days are back with a high-tech spin as researchers in Germany have discovered that an inexpensive telescope can pick up computer images...

Tags: Monitor, Meter, Image, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-05-19

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

NSA coordinates cyberattack response

NSA coordinates cyberattack responseThe NSA bungled the intel on Iraq...and historically have been a lot less than accurate. What makes anyone think they will do a better job trying to police the entire internet?Set aside their incompetence, and you still have a worldwide spying organization with no regard for...

Tags: Hacking, Vertical industries, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Washington Post Co., NSA, cyberattack response, cyberattack, monitoring, government, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-01-28

Did NSA install back door in encryption standard?

Did NSA install back door in encryption standard?Peer review accomplished what it is designed to...it caught the cheaters. That the cheaters are the very warmongers occupying Washington is not actually the point... anyone who has read any history knows what the NSA is capable of. Lying is the *least* of...

Tags: Government, OPEN SOURCE, NSA, encryption standard

Discussion threads 2007-11-16