Staff / TruthdigJan 11, 2006
Customs officials can open and read any mail sent from abroad, and do so whenever they deem it necessary to protect the country. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 11, 2006
Members of Congress question whether the agency can investigate itself | story Meanwhile, a dream team of 14 legal scholars and ex-gov't officials write a memo to the DOJ calling the NSA program illegalhuffingtonpostcom/geoffrey-r-stone/why-the-nsa-surveillance-_b_13522html" title="story">story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 10, 2006
Under a new law, it is illegal to anonymously send a message via the Internet that annoys its recipient. | storyThis interpretation has its critics: here or here. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJan 10, 2006
Ted Kennedy counters: "Time and again, even in routine matters involving average Americans, you give enormous, almost total deference to the exercise of governmental powers." | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 9, 2006
Fifty-six percent says government should get warrants to eavesdrop on U.S.-international calls | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 9, 2006
Anyone can buy a list of your incoming and outgoing calls, cellphone or hard-line, for $110. Congress knows, shrugs | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 9, 2006
Jewish groups are skeptical about motives behind the embrace of Christian fundamentalists | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 9, 2006
Congressional research arm says spy program conflicts with existing law, hinges on weak arguments | more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Larry Gross / TruthdigJan 7, 2006
No sooner had Ariel Sharon been rushed to the hospital with a "significant stroke" than the Rev. Pat Robertson informed the viewers of his cable TV 700 Club that this was God's punishment for Sharon's decision to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 5, 2006
Televangelist and other fundamentalists negotiating with Jewish tourism officials to erect complex by Sea of Galilee. story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 5, 2006
After Bush signed the bill outlawing detainee torture, he "quietly reserved the right to bypass the law," acccording to the Boston Globe. more Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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