Showing posts with label Warrantless Wiretaps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warrantless Wiretaps. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Britain Worse Than The U.S.

Looks like Britain just pulled a checkmate on the U.S. - in terms of snooping on private citizens.

Big Brother: Britain Plans To Store Calls, Emails Of EVERY Citizen

Jacqui Smith has unveiled plans for a massive expansion of 'Big Brother' State surveillance, covering every phonecall, email, text message and internet visit in Britain.The Home Secretary claimed that storing details of a person's conversations by telephone, computer or website was vital to [...]

 

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Oh, You Thought Otherwise?

But...But...wiretapping is really a quite boring job.  Ya gotta come up with some way to pass the time...

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

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

Friday, September 26, 2008

The Changing Story

Is Gonzales turning on the Bush Administration?

Report: Bush Directed Gonzo To Ashcroft's Hospital Bed 

Murray Waas reports on the website of the Atlantic that Alberto Gonzales is now telling investigators that he was being personally directed by President Bush when, as White House counsel, Gonzales made a much-discussed late-night visit in 2004 to the [... ]