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T.C. Sottek The Verge 12/29/2013 According to a new report from Der Spiegel based on internal NSA documents, the signals intelligence agency’s elite hacking unit (TAO) is able to conduct sophisticated wiretaps in ways that make Hollywood fantasy look more like reality. The report indicates that the NSA, in collaboration with the CIA and FBI, […] December 29th, 2013 | Tags: ACLU, Der Spiegel, domestic surveillance, Judge Richard Leon, Judge William H. Pauley, laptop, malware, Microsoft, mobile phones, National Security Agency, Smith v Maryland, Tailored Access Operations (TAO), telephone records | Category: 4th Amendment, Central Intelligence Agency, Computers, FBI, Internet, Right to Privacy, technology | Comments are closed
“While Congress has great latitude to create statutory schemes like Fisa, it may not hang a cloak of secrecy over the constitution.” ~Judge Richard Leon
• Dragnet ‘likely’ in breach of fourth amendment • Judge describes scope of program as ‘Orwellian’ • Ruling relates to collection of Americans’ metadata • […] December 16th, 2013 | Tags: "60 Minutes", Charles Strange, domestic surveillance, Edward Snowden, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Gen. Keith Alexander, Judge Richard Leon, Larry Klayman, National Security Agency, Oliver Stone, Smith v Maryland | Category: 4th Amendment, Barack Obama, Congress, Right to Privacy, terrorism | Comments are closed
Court Upholds Google-NSA Relationship Secrecy Russia Today 12 May 2012 A federal appeals court has refused to force the US National Security Agency to explain any involvement it has had with Web giant Google, citing that a revelation could threaten the entire United States government. Friday’s decision out of US Circuit Court of Appeals for […] May 13th, 2012 | Tags: conservatives, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), FOIA, Glomar response, Gmail, Google, Judge Janice Rogers Brown, Judge Richard Leon, Mike McConnell, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia | Category: Bloggers, Censorship, Internet, National Security, Right to Privacy, technology, US Constitution | Comments are closed
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