“ ... 'There’s smart secrecy and stupid secrecy, and this whole episode sounds like stupid secrecy,' said Gabriel Schoenfeld of the Hudson Institute, a
A closer look at the famous post-Watergate investigation into domestic spying abuses and how it led to a secret court to authorize surveillance requests. B
"A major federal investigation has found that dozens of military officials and defense contractors, including some with top-level security clearances, alle
Re "the indictment of Thomas A. Drake, a former NSA official accused of leaking classified information to a newspaper reporter. Drake was arraigned on Frid
by emptywheel | FireDogLake | April 19, 2010 FISA Court Encourages Government to Stop Collecting Some Metadata National Security Agency Director Keith B.
Marc Ambinder | The Atlantic | Mar 31 2010 The National Security Agency broke the law when it wiretapped two American lawyers working for the El-Haramain
By emptywheel November 19, 2009 I’m almost ready to post my next working thread on the EFF documents. But pages 121 through 125 of the OLC2 set deserves
Edited by Alex Constantine All news outlets are describing the proposed facility as a "cyber-security" center, but "Utah news reports, based on federal bud
A project to safeguard governmental computers, run by the NSA, is too big a threat to Americans' privacy. By Jesselyn Radack Los Angeles Times July 14, 20
Details remain classified, but are referred to in a newly released report http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31852177/ns/politics/ - "A new internal government re
By Marc AmbinderMay 18 2009Late Friday, the federal government signaled its intention to keep fighting for its right to prevent a judge from requiring that
Boston ExaminerMarch 13, 2009The head of the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity agency resigned effective Friday, citing concerns that the Nat
You remember the explanation: Bush's NSA targetted "terrorists," not here but overseas - far, far away - and the telecom companies had to have immunity for
By Brian Krebs Wash. Post/Security Fix Section November 24, 2008 Extortionists targeting clients of Express Scripts -- one of the nation's largest pharmac
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.comOctober 21, 2008The NSA will investigate reports that intelligence operators recorded calls from American journalists, mi