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Congress Looking Happy to Reauthorize Broad, Secret Spying Powers
House lawmakers debated Thursday the Obama administration's request that they reauthorize legislation granting the government broad, warrantless electronic surveillance powers. The members appeared...
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Court Wary of Overturning Warrantless Spy Case Victory, But Might Have To
PASADENA, California -- A federal appeals court appeared troubled Friday by the Obama administration's arguments that the government could break domestic spying laws without fear of being sued. A...
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All Three Branches Agree: Big Brother Is the New Normal
Indeed, Big Brother is the new normal. Despite Hurricane Sandy, the Supreme Court on Monday entertained oral arguments on whether it should halt a legal challenge to a once-secret warrantless...
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State Secrets Defense Corners Judge in ‘Catch-22’ Predicament
A federal judge said Friday the Obama administration has pinned him in an inescapable, paradoxical situation when it comes to whether he should dismiss a lawsuit accusing the government of siphoning...
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Lawsuit Challenges Warrantless Searches of Arrestees’ Cellphones
Police in some states, including California, inspect mobile phones of anybody arrested, without a warrant, based on the legal theory that officers have a right to review the belongings of those they...
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Verizon Breaks Silence on Top-Secret Surveillance of Its Customers
Verizon responded to allegations that the telecom was served with a top-secret court order demanding it provide the FBI and the NSA with customer call records continuously, and in bulk, saying it...
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NSA Phone Snooping Cannot Be Challenged in Court, Feds Say
The Obama administration for the first time responded to a Spygate lawsuit, telling a federal judge the wholesale vacuuming up of all phone-call metadata in the United States is in the "public...
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6 Whopping Government Misstatements About NSA Spying
Whistleblower Edward Snowden's leaks about NSA spying have set off a fierce global debate about security and privacy in the internet age. The revelations of the United States performing mass...
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Senators Decry NSA ‘Ineptitude,’ Call for End to Dragnet Phone Surveillance
Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) and Mark Udall (D-Colorado) are blasting the NSA's admission that -- because of its own internal bungling -- it carried out thousands of inquiries on phone numbers without...
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Terror Defendant Challenges Evidence Gathered by NSA Spying
A U.S. terrorism defendant who was formally notified that he was spied on by the NSA filed a challenge to the constitutionality of the surveillance today, in a case likely to be litigated all the way...
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