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Exposed: Massive New Spy Center Built to Track Your Emails and Phone Calls

Amy Goodman, Nermeen Shaikh, James Bamford, Democracy Now!. March 21, 2012.

An investigative reporter reveals that the NSA has established listening posts throughout the nation to collect and sift through billions of email messages and phone calls.

'A Ton More People Were Wiretapped Than We've Been Led to Believe': FBI Whistleblower Thomas Tamm

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 18, 2009.

The man who blew the lid off Bush's spying program believes more details on government spying must, and will, come to light.

Revealed: Spying Abuses 'Systemic' In Recent Months -- Which Is Exactly What the 2008 FISA Law Was Designed to Do

Glenn Greenwald, Salon. April 16, 2009.

New reports about NSA spying are the inevitable result of last year's FISA-gutting law, which the Democrats supported.

Obama Administration Quietly Expands Bush's Legal Defense of Warrantless Wiretapping

John Byrne, Raw Story. April 8, 2009.

In a legal filing on Friday, Obama lawyers claimed the government is shielded from lawsuits by a 'sovereign immunity' clause in the Patriot Act.

Whistleblower Levels Shocking Allegations at Bush's Spying Programs

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 24, 2009.

It seems Bush's lust for spying went so far as to target reporters, and even the senator tasked with overseeing U.S. intelligence.

How Dick Cheney's Zeal for Warrantless Spying Nearly Brought Down Bush Presidency

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. September 23, 2008.

A new book delves into the secret history of the vice presidency, revealing Cheney as "the father of the warrantless domestic surveillance program."

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