The New York Times will break this tomorrow, but it seems the NSA has been ‘overcollecting’ while trying to listen into calls from suspected terrorists that go through the United States in some way / shape / form. Apparently it was reported by the NSA to the Congress, but the Congress was none too happy [...]
With a scare headline like that, you know your post will get attention. So the EFF went ahead and is running a story about how the Obama team is now following a line of legal thinking that is ‘worse than Bush‘ when it comes to warrantless wiretaps. At issue is the ability to sue to [...]
Once again the Obama administration has decided to support the Bush Administration’s policies on wiretaps.
In a lawsuit by AT&T customers who claimed their calls were intercepted and records disclosed have found that the Justice Department is citing ‘national security’ concerns about the release of information being sought by the plaintiffs.
Individual customers cannot show [...]