Roisin Davis / TruthdigJun 23, 2015
For a company whose governing motto has been "Don’t be evil," this move seems to confirm some of the worst fears of privacy and Internet rights activists. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJun 7, 2013
In a scathing editorial, the Gray Lady says Barack Obama's presidency, which once promised unprecedented transparency, is instead "proving the truism that the executive will use any power it is given and very likely abuse it." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Tracy Bloom / TruthdigDec 12, 2012
In cities across the country, the government is installing sophisticated audio surveillance equipment on public transit to listen in on passengers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Tracy Bloom / TruthdigOct 10, 2012
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case against the nation's telecommunications companies for cooperating with a once-secret wiretap program enacted by the Bush administration to monitor suspected terrorists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 17, 2008
Warrantless wiretapping makes for a rollicking good time at the National Security Agency, according to moral crusader Stephen Colbert, who's not above a little dramatic re-enactment of his own biblically inspired carnal fantasies (for illustrative purposes only). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 10, 2008
You know a legislative compromise is one-sided when the AP headline announcing its passage reads "Senate Bows to Bush." Democratic advocates of the new FISA bill, passed by the Senate on Wednesday, are still trying to explain what they got in exchange for rolling back a few civil liberties and burying some of the president's abuses. When they figure it out, someone, somewhere, will surely be listening. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 14, 2008
At the request of House Republicans, Congress on Thursday held a closed-door session to debate the FISA warrantless eavesdropping bill. The last time a closed-door session occurred was in 1983, when lawmakers convened in secret to discuss clandestine U.S. support of Contra paramilitaries in Nicaragua. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 8, 2008
CIA Director Michael Hayden told lawmakers Thursday that waterboarding is a useful technique but might not be "lawful under current statute." Hayden said his agency used waterboarding because of "misshaped and misformed" direction from Washington. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigNov 14, 2007
One of the 20th century's greatest journalists, interviewers and storytellers is alive and working at age 95: Studs Terkel offers both the wisdom of age and keen insight into the issues of today. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 15, 2007
In a scathing editorial on Sunday, The New York Times accused President Bush of playing on the nation's post-9/11 fears in order to justify violating our civil liberties and protecting big telecom companies implicated in his wiretapping scheme. The Bush camp "use[d] the nation's tragedy to grab ever more power for its vision of an imperial presidency," the Times editorial board charged. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 28, 2007
The Senate Judiciary Committee is going big-game hunting with a slew of subpoenas related to the Bush administration's controversial eavesdropping program. Chairman Patrick Leahy has signed subpoenas for Dick Cheney's office, the White House, the Justice Department and the National Security Council. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 17, 2006
A federal judge in Detroit ruled that the government's eavesdropping program is illegal and unconstitutional, and ordered an immediate halt to it.
Check out constitutional scholar and bestselling author Glenn Greenwald's stellar analysis and opinion roundup. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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