ACLU Sues Obama Administration Over NSA Snooping, John Oliver’s ‘Daily Show’ Debut, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Jun 12, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a lawmaker makes history on the U.S. Senate floor and outgoing Congresswoman Michele Bachmann continues to fundraise on her campaign site. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama May Separate Facebook and the Fourth Amendment

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 8, 2013 The Obama administration is on the verge of backing an FBI plan that would require websites that receive a wiretap order to comply by building surveillance capabilities into their communication services, officials say. Fines for those targeted companies that fail to add such functions would start at $25,000 a day. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Supreme Court Dismisses Eavesdropping Lawsuit

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Oct 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 )

Glenn Greenwald Smokes Out Obama’s Dubious Sense of Justice

Staff / Truthdig May 8, 2012 After mischaracterizing a law governing medical marijuana distribution, the president who refused to prosecute those who led the U.S. into an indefinite war on terror told a Rolling Stone interviewer last month that he couldn't ask the Justice Department to "turn the other way" when it comes to potential violations of medical marijuana use. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Nixon’s Watergate Testimony Finally Goes Public

Staff / Truthdig Nov 11, 2011 After nearly 35 years, the American public finally gets to hear Richard Nixon's claims about some of his administration's shadier practices, Watergate figuring most notoriously among them, after the National Archives' release Thursday of transcripts of his grand jury testimony (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Four More Years of Wiretapping Fun

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2011 On Thursday, the Senate voted in favor of extending the part of the Patriot Act that allows U.S. law enforcement officials to legally eavesdrop on certain phone calls for the sake of -- you guessed it -- homeland security. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Judge Rules That Bush’s Illegal Wiretap Program Was Just That

Staff / Truthdig Apr 1, 2010 Lagging a few years behind the liberal media, public opinion and common sense, the justice system has come to the conclusion that President George W. Bush's warrantless wiretapping program broke the rules. (continued) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Big Brother World

Staff / Truthdig Jun 18, 2009 This week in surveillance: The New York Times revealed that the NSA has been spying on the e-mails of millions of Americans, including ex-President Bill Clinton. Meanwhile, China has backed down from installing mandatory security software, while Iran tries to clamp down on communications, and Britain plans to track every phone call, e-mail and text message in Britain. Yikes! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Nine Secret Bush-Era Documents Released

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2009 The Justice Department has released nine secret memos and opinions written by the Office of Legal Counsel that authorized some of the Bush administration's unlawful national security policies. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Blagojevich Pleads His Case

Staff / Truthdig Jan 30, 2009 It was just politics as usual, Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday of the corruption allegations that seem all but certain to upend his political career. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Jail

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jan 28, 2009 Millions have served time in U.S. prisons for crimes that fall far short of those attributed to the Bush administration. Some criminals, it seems, are like banks judged too big to fail: too big to jail, too powerful to prosecute. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Maybe the Only Crime Was by Blago’s Barber

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jan 27, 2009 Is Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich about to be impeached on grounds of loopiness, obnoxiousness and a bad haircut? It is unclear to me what else Blagojevich has done that a duly constituted jury would find illegal. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )