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US Senate reauthorizes FISA surveillance law
December 30, 2012 by Addison Morris
The US Senate passed the Reauthorization Act of 2012 on Friday in a 73-23 vote to extend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA) for five years. FISA grants the National Security Agency (NSA) the authority to conduct surveillance of Americans? phone calls and emails....... [more]
US Senate voted to raise debt ceiling [this day at law]
December 24, 2012 by Sarah Steers
On December 24, 2009, the US Senate voted in favor of a bill to raise the federal borrowing limit, or debt ceiling, by $290 billion per the recommendation of the US Treasury Department. The bill had been approved by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2009. This debt ceiling increase was.... [more]
US House reauthorizes FISA surveillance law
September 13, 2012 by Brandon Gatto
The US House of Representatives on Wedneday voted to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA), a highly contested law designed as a national security protection against terrorism and other foreign threats. The law's Reauthorization Act of 2012 renews 2008.... [more]
Multi-agency report questioned presidential warrantless wiretapping program [this day at law]
July 10, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On July 10, 2009, an unclassified report released by five government agencies found that the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program relied on flawed legal analysis at its inception. In June 2009, a federal judge had upheld provisions of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 giving.... [more]
Federal appeals court rejects NSA, Google disclosure request
May 12, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday rejected a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request arising out of 2010 cyber attack on Google targeting Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) sought any.... [more]
Federal judge orders CIA Bay of Pigs volume to remain secret
May 11, 2012 by Jennie Ryan
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Colombia ruled Thursday that the final volume in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) history of the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba will remain secret. US District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the volume to remain secret because it is.... [more]
UN counterterrorism official criticizes US court decision on rendition information
April 13, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Ben Emmerson on Thursday expressed regret over a US court decision denying Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests by a member of the UK parliament and the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition. Earlier this month.... [more]
Bush said no compromise possible on telecom immunity in surveillance bill [this day at law]
February 21, 2012 by Garrett Eisenhour
On February 21, 2008, US President George W. Bush called for an extension of the Protect America Act, including a provision of retroactive immunity for telecommunications companies involved in the National Security Agency (NSA) warrantless surveillance program. The law's expiration followed months.... [more]
US House voted to extend surveillance law [this day at law]
January 29, 2012 by Clay Flaherty
On January 29, 2008, the US House of Representatives voted to extend the Protect America Act of 2007 for an additional two weeks past its original February 1, 2008 expiration date. The extension was a compromise to give the US Senate time to craft a provision granting civil immunity to.... [more]
NYT revealed NSA warrantless surveillance program [this day at law]
December 24, 2011 by Cody Harding
On December 24, 2005, the New York Times (NYT) published a report detailing the National Security Agency's (NSA) warrantless surveillance program authorized by President Bush. The Bush administration came under intense criticism for the warrantless surveillance program, although the administration.... [more]
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