- Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-section-702-us-person-queries-email/ 14 comments futurology
- House Judiciary advances warrantless wiretapping reform bill http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/359476-house-judiciary-advances-warrantless-wiretapping-reform-bill 3 comments politics
- Obama: No warrantless wiretaps if you elect me http://www.cnet.com/news/obama-no-warrantless-wiretaps-if-you-elect-me/ 2603 comments technology
- In major policy shift, warrantless wiretap to be used for first time by U.S. as evidence in court, setting up potential Supreme Court challenge http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/us/federal-prosecutors-in-a-policy-shift-cite-warrantless-wiretaps-as-evidence.html?_r=0 11 comments privacy
- Federal Prosecutors, in a Policy Shift, Cite Warrantless Wiretaps as Evidence http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/us/federal-prosecutors-in-a-policy-shift-cite-warrantless-wiretaps-as-evidence.html 52 comments technology
- Obama built his political identity on revulsion at the excesses of the Bush years. Yet, from warrantless wiretapping and torture to dodgy intelligence in Iraq, he knew of those excesses because of unauthorized disclosures to the press. Without leaks, Barack Obama might never have been elected http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2013/06/was-cheney-right-about-obama.html 8 comments politics
- When running for president in 2008, Obama promised to end warrantless wiretaps, but actually voted to extend them http://www.cnn.com/2008/politics/07/11/obama.netroots/ 28 comments politics
- 2007: Senator Obama denounces the Bush administration's "false choice between the liberties we cherish and the security we demand." 2013: President Obama defends warrantless wiretapping."We’re going to have to make some choices as a society," between security and privacy. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-strives-for-pragmatic-compromises-on-counterterrorism-surveillance/2013/06/07/f8ee4302-cf88-11e2-8845-d970ccb04497_story.html 8 comments worldnews
- James Comey, Obama’s candidate to head the FBI, approved illegal warrantless wiretapping and torture. http://www.btcnews.com/btcnews/5616 3 comments politics
- Obama's new FBI chief approved Bush's NSA warrantless wiretapping scheme - James Comey becomes just the latest symbol of the Obama legacy: normalizing what was very recently viewed as radical http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/may/30/james-comey-fbi-bush-nsa 256 comments politics
- Supreme Court effectively says there's no way to challenge warrantless wiretapping http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130226/14360422120/supreme-court-effectively-says-theres-no-way-to-challenge-warrantless-wiretapping.shtml 3 comments technology
- Obama Signs FISA Warrantless Wiretap Extension into Law http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/30/obama-fisa-warrantless-wiretapping_n_2385690.html?utm_hp_ref=politics 7 comments politics
- Obama Signs FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Program Extension Into Law http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/30/obama-fisa-warrantless-wiretapping_n_2385690.html 112 comments politics
- The Senate rejected three attempts today to add oversight and privacy safeguards to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) amendments that authorize the warrantless wiretapping program begun under President George W. Bush http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/27/fisa-senate-vote_n_2372720.html 5 comments politics
- FISA Warrantless Wiretapping Bill Poised For Renewal Despite Unanswered Questions - Or, as Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel with the ACLU's Washington office, put it, "I bet [Bush] is laughing his ass off." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/fisa-reauthorization_n_2341951.html 32 comments technology
- The Senate is poised to abuse privacy and resign transparency by reauthoring FISA (which legalizes warrantless mass wiretapping by the NSA) for up to 5 years! This post offers talking points and a link to your Senators' contact info (use phone & twitter) http://www.constitutioncampaign.org/blog/?p=11263#.um-numvdcps.reddit 43 comments politics
- The U.S. Department of Justice seeks to shut down a lawsuit against the NSA for warrantless wiretapping. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/12/government-seeks-to-shut-down-nsa-wiretapping-lawsuit/ 504 comments technology
- ACLU: Bush administration quadrupled warrantless wiretaps. Just kidding. It was Obama and Holder. http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2012/09/aclu-bush-administration-quadrupled.html 16 comments politics
- Warrantless wiretap bill passes in US House, authorizes 5 more years of domestic spying http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/12/3324148/warrantless-wiretap-bill-passes-us-house-domestic-spying?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter 20 comments privacy
- Internet enemy number one, Lamar Smith, is sponsoring the FISA FAA renewal and pushing it to a vote in the House on Wednesday. This is the bill that retroactively legalized NSA warrantless wiretapping. We need to stop this now. http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/house-vote-fisa-amendments-act-wednesday 257 comments technology
- Life Under Constant Watch --"The surveillance state expands. Since 9-11, our phones are subject to warrantless wiretaps. Our email and internet transactions leave a trail for some to follow. The police can access our GPS location data . . ." http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/04/30-8 6 comments politics
- America's Creeping Police State--Imperialism abroad is destroying what is left of our democracy at home. From warrantless wiretapping to warrantless door-busting, this is what a police state looks like. http://www.alternet.org/rights/151150/america%27s_creeping_police_state?page=entire 25 comments politics
- Yes, Obama is still supporting the warrantless wiretaps and indefinite detentions of the Bush administration. However, this does not mean Obama=Bush, and here's why... http://www.cfr.org/publication/21247/should_guantanamo_bay_be_closed.html 6 comments politics
- Obama administration: Toss warrantless wiretap lawsuit http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/aleqm5j9n5u8khgqnqt6dtlckgv6oukqfqd9blulig2 5 comments politics
- The NSA wiretapping story that nobody wanted: AT&T whistleblower tells how he exposed warrantless wiretapping program in his new book http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/071709-the-nsa-wiretapping-story-that.html 3 comments politics
- George W. Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program: "Illegal and Pointless" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/opinion/17fri1.htm 4 comments politics
- Judge grants retroactive immunity to telecos that participated in the warrantless wiretapping program during Bush's term http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/06/04-1 13 comments politics
- The most vocal Democrat Congressmember supporting NSA warrantless wiretapping, complains about reportedly being wiretapped by the NSA: " I think this is a gross abuse of power. This isn’t about me, this is about any member of Congress." http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=news-000003099334 6 comments reddit.com
- Bush Administration Was *Blackmailing* Top Democratic Congressperson, Forcing Her to Support Warrantless Wiretapping Program http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/20/harman/index.html? 30 comments politics
- Obama Administration backs warrantless Wiretapping. See what he does, not what you hope he thinks http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090121-doj-seeks-to-block-warrantless-wiretap-ruling.html 5 comments politics
- Analysis of EFF's lawsuit against warrantless NSA wiretaps: "can computers eavesdrop?" http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/eff-suit-against-bush.ars 3 comments technology
- Warrantless Wiretapping Supporter Sam Brownback Now Outraged Over Chinese Government’s Domestic Spying http://thinkprogress.org/2008/07/30/brownback-china-spying/ 4 comments politics
- T-Mobile and Qwest - The Two Companies Who REFUSED to Participate in Warrantless Wiretapping http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/54032-t-mobile-usa-verizon-wireless-say.html 6 comments reddit.com
- John McCain believes Bush's warrantless wiretapping program was "appropriate and constitutional" and that telecom companies should get amnesty. Oh, and he's got telecom lobbyists running his campaign. http://www.theseminal.com/2008/06/06/mccain-on-fisa/ 30 comments politics
- Obama: No warrantless wiretaps if you elect me http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9845595-7.html 116 comments politics
- US warrantless wiretapping predates 9/11 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/18/warrantless_wiretapping_latest/ 9 comments politics
- In 2004, John Ashcroft, while in a post-surgical narcotized stupor, was urged by Bush officials to extend warrantless wiretapping http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/washington/16cnd-inquiries.html?ex=1344916800&en=90441524f8d52b77&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss 5 comments reddit.com
- DOJ raid to find leaker on warrantless wiretapping http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20121795/site/newsweek/ 4 comments reddit.com
- Wiretapping, European-Style. - Think Bush's warrantless NSA surveillance is bad? Wait till you hear what the British government does. http://www.slate.com/id/2136147/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Warrantless Wiretapping Approved Yet Again, This Time With Barely a Fight -- Here we find yet again a defining attribute of the Obama legacy: the transformation of what was until recently a symbol of right-wing radicalism — warrantless eavesdropping — into meekly accepted bipartisan consensus http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2012/12/warrantless-wiretapping-approved-yet-again-time-barely-fight 63 comments politics