On AlterNet: wiretapping

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Warrantless Cell Phone Tapping? How Police May Be Secretly Tracking You

Clarence Walker, Drug War Chronicle. May 25, 2012.

Warrantless cell phone tracking has become a powerful and widely used surveillance tool for police officials who use it aggressively with little or no court oversight.

15 Years in Prison For Taping the Cops? How Eavesdropping Laws Are Taking Away Our Best Defense Against Police Brutality

Rania Khalek, AlterNet. July 27, 2011.

More and more people use their smartphones to record police misconduct. But laws against wiretapping are being used to intimidate and stop them.

Rare Reversal Against Government Spying -- Judge Rules Feds Illegally Wiretapped Islamic Charity

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. April 1, 2010.

The National Security Agency broke the law when it wiretapped Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation's phones, the U.S. District Court ruled Wednesday.

James Bond Wannabe Part of Right-Wing Plot to Tamper with Senator's Phones

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. January 28, 2010.

One of the men arrested in the plot to bug Sen. Landrieu's phones has ties to the intelligence community -- and an angry penis (according to himself).

Surprise, Surprise! More Privacy Abuses Under Bush Revealed

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 19, 2010.

Bush administration officials used the cloak of counter-terrorism to abuse civil liberties, ignore the law, and violate Americans' privacy? Imagine that.

Can They Do That? How You Get Screwed at Work

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 11, 2010.

A new book shows the power corporations wield over their employees has gone too far. It's time to take action.

Obama Administration Accused Again of Concealing Bush-Era Crimes

Matt Renner, TruthOut.org. October 14, 2009.

Listening in on attorney-client conversations is "unlawful and unconstitutional," according to Obama. So why is the Justice Department arguing in favor of the practice?

Wiretapping Report Released

mcjoan, Daily Kos. July 11, 2009.

Here are a few things that stand out.

The Other Wiretapping Scandal

Joseph Huff-Hannon, Indypendent. May 21, 2009.

In Colombia, our closest South American ally, intelligence agents spied on judges, journalists, and politicians. Was the U.S. involved?

Former NSA Analyst: NSA 'Monitored All Communications' of Americans, Targeted Journalists

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. January 22, 2009.

"The National Security Agency had access to all Americans' communications -- faxes, phone calls, and their computer communications."

Cheney Lies on Fox: Congress Told Us We Didn't Need Approval for Spying

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. December 22, 2008.

Cheney’s startling claims run directly counter to accounts by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Jay Rockefeller.

Watching the Watchmen: What Obama Can Do About Illegal Surveillance

Emptywheel, Firedoglake. November 23, 2008.

An area that has been neglected recently is that of the illegal wiretapping and surveillance policies. That needs to change.

NSA 'Routinely' Listened in on Americans' Phone Calls, Passed Around 'Salacious' Bits

Ali Frick, ThinkProgress. October 9, 2008.

Making a sexy phone call overseas? Despite Bush's insistence otherwise, it seems the spooks were listening in.

How Should the Next President Deal with the Bush White House's Crimes?

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. July 26, 2008.

A debate between two progressive legal experts on the FISA bill and the idea of prosecuting of Bush and White House officials for criminal acts.

The Framing of the Political "Center"

David Sirota, Open Left. July 18, 2008.

Whoever controls the definition of "the center" controls a huge amount of political power.

The FBI Has Some Explaining to Do About King's Murder

Earl Ofari Hutchinson, deleted. April 2, 2008.

The FBI waged a secret war against Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Did they also play a role in his assassination?

Bush Admin Plans to Install Black Box Sensors on Private Computer Networks

Peter Swire, ThinkProgress. February 5, 2008.

This proposal repeats the mistakes of the Federal Intrusion Detection Network, which proposed similar monitoring of private systems in 1999.

Congress Is One Step Closer to Approving Warrantless Wiretaps

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. January 25, 2008.

Senators still to decide whether to grant immunity to telecoms.

Creeping Fascism: From Nazi Germany to Post 9/11 America

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. December 29, 2007.

Americans today are seeing the same sheepish submissiveness that characterized Germany after the burning of the Reichstag.

What A Fearless Journalist Looks Like

Amy Goodman, King Features Syndicate. November 14, 2007.

At 95 years old, Stud Terkel has been blacklisted, wiretapped and censored, but he hasn't lost his fighting spirit.

Wiretapping at Its Worst

Brian Beutler, Media Consortium. October 24, 2007.

A revolving door between the telecommunications industry and federal government ensures that the doors to your personal privacy are wide open.

Bush and the Phone Companies: Partners in Crime

Timothy Karr, Huffington Post. October 15, 2007.

Will the Congress grant the Telecoms full immunity for breaking the laws it passed?

Moyers: Justice Dept. Official On "The Most Amazing Scene I've Ever Witnessed" [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, September 10, 2007.

Jack Goldsmith tells Bill Moyers what happened when Gonzales and Andy Card confronted a seriously ill Ashcroft about wiretapping.

Top Cheney Aide: "We're One Bomb Away From Getting Rid" Of FISA Court

Steve Benen, September 4, 2007.

Steve Benen: A new book by former Assistant Attorney General Jack Goldsmith proves that Cheney's alter ego David Addington is a lunatic.

Bring Us the Head of Alberto Gonzales [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, July 24, 2007.

Alberto Gonzales' testimony before Congress is so pathetic, so rife with lies and contradictions, it's just embarrassing.