GOP senator questions legality of domestic surveillance program
Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) , a Republican member of the US Senate Intelligence Committee , Sunday questioned the legitimacy of the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program , casting doubt on its legality in the absence...
In a press conference Thursday, US President George Bush continued his administration's defense of the controversial domestic surveillance program , saying the program is legal and indicating that he may resist proposals by Congress...
JURIST Guest Columnist Susan Herman of Brooklyn Law School says that reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act is up for debate again in Congress just as revelations about the NSA domestic surveillance program remind us why executive power needs to...
Letter from Senator Arlen Specter to US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales setting out questions to be addressed by the AG in scheduled US Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on "Wartime executive Powers and the NSA's Surveillance Authority", January 24, 2006. Read...
US President George W. Bush on Wednesday defended his authorization of the National Security Agency (NSA) warrantless domestic surveillance program in a visit to the agencys headquarters, saying that the work they do is...
Prepared Remarks for US Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Georgetown University Law Center, January 24, 2006 . Read the full text of the address. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....
Gonzales defends NSA surveillance program, says criticism misplaced
US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Tuesday downplayed criticism of the controversial domestic surveillance program administered by the National Security Agency , saying that reports of the program have been misleading....
US Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito is expected to take the first step toward confirmation Tuesday, with an already apparent approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee . All ten Republicans on the committee have announced...
What American Intelligence and Especially the NSA have been Doing to Defend the Nation, National Press Club, Deputy Director of National Intelligence General Michael Hayden, January 23, 2006 . Read...
US President George Bush on Monday defended his authorization of the domestic surveillance program employed by the National Security Agency (NSA) , saying that he was acting under a Congressional mandate to protect the US...
