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Spying« Previous EntriesGroups Sue U.S. for Data On Tracking By CellphoneWednesday, July 2nd, 2008By Ellen Nakashima | Two civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government yesterday, seeking records related to the government's use of cellphones as tracking devices. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation sued the government in federal court in Washington under the Freedom of Information Act. Last November, the ACLU ... tagged Spying and USA-NewsDomestic Spying Far Outpaces Terrorism ProsecutionsThursday, May 15th, 2008 By Richard B. Schmitt | The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the government has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after the Sept. 11 attacks. But the number of terrorism prosecutions ending up in court -- one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing -- has continued to decline, ...
tagged Spying and USA-NewsBAE Systems To Build Mini Spy RobotsThursday, May 1st, 2008 EFY | The company has partnered with the US Army Research Laboratory to build miniature robots for military use.
BAE Systems has signed a $38 million agreement with the US Army Research Laboratory to build miniature robots for military use. The Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance consists of four primary research areas: BAE Systems will lead ...
tagged Spying and USA-NewsU.S. Islamic group argues against warrantless wiretapsFriday, April 25th, 2008 AP | An Islamic charity group is challenging the Bush administration's record use of the so-called state secrets privilege, dubbed a "killer bullet" to the group's case over warrantless wiretapping.
Lawyers for the Oregon-based U.S. arm of the Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation on Wednesday urged a federal judge to toss out the government's use of the privilege and let their lawsuit proceed.
The now-defunct foundation ...
tagged Bush, Spying and USA-NewsAmerica can now spy on British motoristsMonday, April 21st, 2008 By Toby Helm and Christopher Hope |
Routine journeys carried out by millions of British motorists can be monitored by authorities in the United States and other enforcement agencies across the world under anti-terrorism rules introduced discreetly by Jacqui Smith.
The discovery that images of cars captured on road-side cameras, and "personal data" derived from them, including number plates, ...
tagged Spying and UK-NewsDocuments prove FBI tracks Internet and phonesWednesday, April 9th, 2008FBI also spies on home soil for military, documents show; Much information acquired without court order John Byrne The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been routinely monitoring the e-mails, instant messages and cell phone calls of suspects across the United States -- and has done so, in many cases, without the approval of a court. Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act and given to the Washington Post -- which stuck ... tagged Big-Brother, FBI, Internet, Spying, Technology and USA-NewsEcuador slams CIA spy interferenceSunday, April 6th, 2008Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has blasted the CIA for financing the country's intelligence agencies to pass information to Colombia. "Many of our intelligence agencies have been taken over by the CIA," the Correa said Saturday during his weekly radio address. "Through the CIA, information found here was passed to Colombia to improve their position," he added. A high-ranking intelligence officer has been sacked by the President and ... tagged CIA, Spying and USA-NewsMore Sharp Words Traded Over Lapsed Wiretap LawSunday, April 6th, 2008By ERIC LICHTBLAU WASHINGTON — A new round of political sparring erupted Friday over the government’s wiretapping powers, as the Bush administration asserted that the lapsing of a surveillance law a week ago has already led to the loss of important intelligence information and made private phone carriers less willing to cooperate. Democrats immediately returned fire over the suggestion that they had compromised national security. The ... tagged Spying and USA-NewsUS analyst admits spying for ChinaTuesday, April 1st, 2008A US Defense Department analyst has pleaded guilty to delivering classified information to a Louisiana businessman working for China. Gregg Bergersen, a weapons analyst at the Defense Security Cooperation Agency who held top secret security clearances, was arrested last month. Prosecutors in Virginia alleged he divulged military secrets to a New Orleans furniture salesman, Tai Kuo, who turned over the information to the Chinese government. Bergersen pleaded ... tagged Spying and World-NewsWiretapping’s true dangerThursday, March 20th, 2008History says we should worry less about privacy and more about political spying. As the battle over reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act rages in Congress, civil libertarians warn that legislation sought by the White House could enable spying on "ordinary Americans." Others, like Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), counter that only those with an "irrational fear of government" believe that "our country's intelligence analysts are more concerned with random innocent ... tagged SpyingGovernment wants e-mail spying to last for longerWednesday, March 12th, 2008Amendments to the Federal Telecommunications Interception Act will be put before the House of Representatives today, as the government seeks to extend the limit of a sunset clause which allows authorities to monitor internal and government communications without a specific warrant. The federal government is hoping to extend current provisions in the act which permit various government and security agencies to intercept communications sent over government networks -- including those sent ... tagged SpyingWhy we sued the phone companySunday, March 2nd, 2008By Studs Terkel, Quentin Young, Barbara Flynn Currie and James Montgomery More than six years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration remains committed to using the specter of those attacks (and other possible new attacks) as justification for reckless, unlawful and unconstitutional behavior. This pattern can be seen most clearly in the current effort in Congress to grant the administration unchecked power to spy ... tagged SpyingRoyal bugging claims deniedThursday, February 28th, 2008Claims the Royal Family was being bugged by GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) have been denied at the Princess Diana inquest. Rumours were rife by 1993 that the Government's intelligence and security organisation may have been behind the infamous Squidgygate and Camillagate tapes.... tagged Spying and UK-NewsUS intelligence to spy on virtual worldsMonday, February 25th, 2008By Ryan Singel  Be careful who you frag. Having eliminated all terrorism in the real world, the U.S. intelligence community is working to develop software that will detect violent extremists infiltrating World of Warcraft and other massive multiplayer games, according to a data-mining report from the Director of National ...
tagged SpyingCalls for probe into prison buggingSunday, February 10th, 2008An inquiry has been demanded into claims lawyers' legally-protected conversations with clients in jail are routinely bugged. Opposition parties said such a practice would strike "at the heart" of the justice system and suggested it could only have been sanctioned by ministers. And one leading QC warned that the courts could let violent offenders walk free if it was shown their meetings with lawyers had been taped. Justice Secretary Jack ... tagged Spying« Previous Entries |
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