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Broad Surveillance Powers Raise Concern
James Risen and Eric Lichtblau, of the New York Times, report that "broad new surveillance powers approved by Congress this month could allow the Bush administration to conduct spy operations that go well... ...
Congress’s Orwellian compromise
Consortium News by Nat Parry 08/14/07 When congressional Democratic leaders permitted the hasty passage of a bill granting George W. Bush new spying authority, they dashed the hopes of many Americans... ...
How the Fight for Vast New Spying Powers Was Won
Joby Warrick and Walter Pincus report in Sunday's Washington Post about the jockeying between the Bush administration and Congress that led the White House to use the threat of a terrorist attack to resurrect... ...
Blue Dog Democrats, Staunch Bush Allies
Matt Renner reports for Truthout: "A tightly-knit group of self-styled moderate and conservative Democrats in the House of Representatives known as the Blue Dog Coalition supported controversial legislation... ...
America under surveillance
Salon by Tim Shorrock 08/09/07 On one level, the engagement of the NGA and the U-2 flights over the Gulf Coast during Katrina were commendable efforts to use America’s vast surveillance powers for the... ...
New Law Gives Government Six Months to Turn Internet and Phone Systems into Permanent Spying Architecture
A new law expanding the government's spying powers gives the Bush Administration a six-month window to install possibly permanent back doors in the nation's communication networks. The legislation was... ...
Bush gets a spying blank check
Consortium News by Robert Parry 08/05/07 Eager to leave for its August recess, Congress handed George W. Bush another blank check on executive power, letting him order up spying directives against a... ...
Senate Passes Bill Granting Bush Expanded Spy Powers
Lara Jakes Jordan of The Associated Press reported early Saturday morning that: "The Senate, in a high-stakes showdown over national security, voted late Friday to temporarily give President Bush expanded... ...
Move to Amend FISA Sparked by Judge's Ruling
Carol D. Leonnig and Ellen Nakashima report for The Washington Post: "A federal intelligence court judge earlier this year secretly declared a key element of the Bush administration's wiretapping efforts... ...
We’ve heard this before: the Dems insist there’s nothing they can do without a two-thirds majority
Unqualified Offerings by Thoreau 07/24/07 So, I was thinking about the fact that the Dems insist there’s nothing they can do without a two-thirds majority. There are two problems with that sort of talk:... ...