Staff / TruthdigApr 30, 2014
A company printed 10 small buildings in Shanghai in just one day; Ron Paul explains his thoughts on Bitcoin; meanwhile, the Supreme Court is pondering whether cops require warrants to look through cellphones. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Jon Wiener, TomDispatchJan 16, 2013
It couldn’t be a sadder thing to admit, given what happened during the Cold War, but -- given what’s happened in recent years -- who can doubt that the America of the 1950s and 1960s was, in some ways, simply a better place than the one we live in now? Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigFeb 13, 2011
An arrest warrant has been issued for former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. He is wanted in connection with the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a candidate for the country’s presidency who was killed in a gun-and-suicide-bomb attack during a rally in 2007. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 6, 2011
The California Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police officers in the Golden State don't need a warrant to be able to peruse the cell phones of those under arrest -- a decision that may have troubling implications and may eventually involve the U.S. Supreme Court. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 20, 2006
Officials from the Dept of Homeland Security and the FBI are paying private data brokers to gather personal phone record information--circumventing the need to obtain warrants for such data
It's ironic that some federal agents are availing themselves of this potentially illegal service; other federal agents (from the FCC) are already investigating the practice See "Feds Probe Sale of Private Phone Records"
And earlier: All Your Phone Call Records Are for Sale, Cheap. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 11, 2006
"The NSA's gathering of phone call records of millions of Americans is "something that would make the late Leonid Brezhnev proud of Bush -- and [Gen.] Michael Hayden, the Pentagon apparatchik, who saw it through," Buzzflash writes in an editorial. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 29, 2006
The Justice Dept. pored through the bank, library or telecom records of 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents--without a court's approval. Apparently this was legal--it's just the first time the FBI is publicly disclosing hard numbers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 9, 2006
AT&T gave the National Security Agency open access to its customers' phone calls and Web-surfing activities, according to a former AT&T employee cooperating in the Electronic Frontier Foundation's lawsuit against the company
The full story and a public statement by the whistle-blower . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 17, 2006
OK, OK, it's not time to get hysterical yet This one doesn't look likely to pass, but
Four senators have introduced a bill that would allow the NSA to eavesdrop, sans warrant, for up to 45 days GOP Sen Arlen Specter objected, saying the law would allow government to "do whatever the hell it wants"
Oh Right What a departure that would be. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 9, 2006
The House committee votes 62-2 to block the White House from allowing the UAE to acquire six major US ports
At the same time, however, Senate Republicans handed the president a victory by approving a plan to allow Bush to spy without warrants
The New York Times says "rebellion" is in the air, but that's mostly because of the ports The spying program, although under some Senate control, is basically a win for Bush. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 8, 2006
Senate Republicans shut down a Democratic-led proposal to investigate Bush's eavesdropping program. Instead, a White House-approved seven-member panel will oversee the effort.
White House-approved? You gotta be kidding. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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