Please Keep Those Calls And Letters Going…
By Christy Hardin Smith on Fri Oct 12, 2007 at 07:54 am
Yesterday, Spencer Ackerman did a process piece about the contacts that we’ve been pushing on FISA via the ACLU and others. What Spencer didn’t know, because I wasn’t contacted, was that I got the tip from Liz […]
Court rejects Ohio domestic spying suit
By LISA CORNWELL, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
CINCINNATI - A federal appeals court Friday ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit challenging President Bush’s domestic spying program, saying the plaintiffs had no standing to sue.
The 2-1 ruling by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel vacated a 2006 order […]
“Major Metzger vanished in civilian clothes while on an off-duty shopping trip with co-workers at a department store in central Bishkek.”–New York Times
This is the most disturbing line from the Times story about the 3-day-abduction of an Air Force Major for whom the military is conducting an investigation. I had felt a twinge of jingoism–not […]
“Judge nixes warrantless surveillance
By SARAH KARUSH, Associated Press Writer 1 minute ago
A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government’s warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it.”
Please find AP story here.
‘Secret Service Sued For Alleged Discrimination
July 8, 2006 6:30 a.m. EST
Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter
Medford, OR (AHN) - The American Civil Liberties Union sues the U.S. Secret Service and state and local police for allegedly using discriminatory practices during a 2004 campaign event for President Bush.
The class-action suit claims law enforcement protecting […]
“Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?
Salon exclusive: Two former AT&T employees say the telecom giant has maintained a secret, highly secure room in St. Louis since 2002. Intelligence experts say it bears the earmarks of a National Security Agency operation.
By Kim Zetter
June 21, 2006 | In a pivotal network operations center in metropolitan […]
“AT & T rewrites rules: Your data isn’t yours
David Lazarus
San Francisco-Gate
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
AT&T has issued an updated privacy policy that takes effect Friday. The changes are significant because they appear to give the telecom giant more latitude when it comes to sharing customers’ personal data with government officials.”
Please find the entire […]
ACLU Sues Over Arrests at Santorum Event
By RANDALL CHASE
The Associated Press
Wednesday, May 31, 2006; 10:55 PM
DOVER, Del. — A group of young women claim they were ordered to leave a book signing featuring Sen. Rick Santorum because of their political views.
The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union, argues that the […]