Archive - Jun 2008 - News

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June 28th

U.S. and EU near deal on sharing data

June 28, 2008 - 9:19pm
By Charlie Savage
Saturday, June 28, 2008

WASHINGTON: The United States and the European Union are nearing completion of an agreement that would allow law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information - including credit card transactions, travel histories and Internet browsing habits - about people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

June 27th

June 26th

Housing bill and fingerprint registry encounter Senate setback

June 26, 2008 - 11:11pm
Posted by Declan McCullagh 2 comments

A housing bailout bill that would also create a national fingerprint registry is facing some unexpected delays in the U.S. Senate and may not be voted on until next month.

David Davis campaign against the government’s assault on British liberty.

June 26, 2008 - 3:07pm


Welcome to my campaign against the government’s assault on British liberty.
 

June 25th

Mr. Obama is equivocating and tergiversating because he doesn't have the stomach for an unwavering adherence to the rule of law and equal justice By Bruce Fein

June 25, 2008 - 12:11pm

COMMENTARY: No profile in courage

Bruce Fein
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Sen. Barack Obama promises change. But his promises are discredited by his flawed views on impeachment or prosecution of Bush administration officials for criminal wrongdoing. An Obama presidency would mean more of the same trajectory towards executive supremacy.

June 23rd

Time magazine uncritically prints Nancy Pelosi's "justifications" for the FISA "compromise" by Glenn Greenwald

June 23, 2008 - 7:41pm

It's hardly news that Time Magazine's principal function is uncritically to amplify false claims from government officials, but this article by Massimo Calabresi -- entitled "Behind the Compromise on Spying" -- is such a masterpiece in spouting simplistic government propaganda and rank falsehoods that it is revealing on numerous levels.

June 20th

Bob Barr Urges Congress: No Surveillance of Americans Without Fourth Amendment Protections

June 20, 2008 - 12:25pm

Atlanta, GA -- “In asserting his power to conduct warrantless searches of Americans, President George W. Bush has expressed his clear contempt for the Fourth Amendment.  So has Sen.

June 17th

Newt Gingrich, supreme fear-monger by Glenn Greenwald

June 17, 2008 - 10:16pm

Even when set against all the reckless fear-mongering being spewed in response to last week's Supreme Court ruling -- which merely held that our Government can't abolish the constitutional guarantee of habeas corpus and must provide minimum due process to people before locking them in cages for life -- this comment by Newt Gingrich on Face the Nation this weekend is in a class all by itself:

June 15th

Ariz. Legislature kills Real ID; critics point to heft costs

June 15, 2008 - 10:46am

Matthew Benson
The Arizona Republic
Jun. 12, 2008 12:00 AM

June 13th

Secret Spy Court Repeatedly Questions FBI Wiretap Network

June 13, 2008 - 9:33am
By Ryan Singel EmailJune 11, 2008 | 3:13:54 PMCategories: Surveillance  

Does the FBI track cellphone users' physical movements without a warrant?