On AlterNet: domestic surveillance

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Cheney Hid Wiretapping Memos From White House Chief of Staff

Satyam, ThinkProgress AlterNet: PEEK. September 15, 2008.

"It is unlikely that the history of U.S. intelligence includes another operation conceived and supervised by the office of the vice president."

Conservatives Want Bush to Issue "Pre-Emptive Pardons" to Officials Involved in Illegal Programs

Ben, ThinkProgress AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 22, 2008.

These are lawyers with little respect for the rule of law.

My First-Hand Experience With Government Spies

Dave Zirin, Huffington Post AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 21, 2008.

My Constitutionally protected dissent was monitored by the Feds.

"Terrorist" Watch-List Hits One Million Names

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. July 14, 2008.

That's an awful lot of suspected terrorists.

Top Rumsfeld Aide Gets Cushy Contract From Spy Agency He Created

Tim Shorrock, CorpWatch. January 18, 2008.

Steven Cambone, an advocate of torture who was briefly sought for war crimes by German prosecutors, is raking it in.

Bush Goes Private to Spy on You

Tim Shorrock, CorpWatch. December 6, 2007.

The Bush administration is launching a new government agency that will rely heavily on private security contractors to conduct surveillance in the U.S.