Topic: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
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Surveillance law: US group can't challenge it, Supreme Court rules
A 2008 surveillance law allows the US government to detect and track the messages of would-be foreign terrorists. Critics say it is overly broad, but on Tuesday the Supreme Court blocked a challenge to it.
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Secret US cybersecurity program to protect power grid confirmed
The National Security Agency is spearheading a program, dubbed Perfect Citizen, to develop technology to protect the power grid from cyberattack. The project worries privacy rights groups.
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Can US group challenge overseas surveillance act? Supreme Court to decide.
The US Supreme Court agreed to examine whether a group of US-based lawyers, activists, and journalists can challenge a Bush-era law authorizing broad surveillance overseas.
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Court rules for telecoms' role in domestic eavesdropping
A US appellate court has ruled that telecom companies have the right to legal immunity for helping the government eavesdrop on private communications. But in a separate opinion, the court also ruled that customers can sue the government for tracking e-mail and phone calls.
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Google and governments: The delicate relationship
A new Google transparency report shows that the US leads the world in government requests for information on citizens' online activity. Google's responses -- and the legislation underlying these requests -- have a huge impact on digital safety and privacy.
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Patriot Act: three controversial provisions that Congress voted to keep
Congress had included sunset provisions in the USA Patriot Act to ensure that lawmakers revisited these measures. On Thursday, they extended three provisions for four years.
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US judge dismisses lawsuit against Bush wiretap program
The suit had asked the courts to declare the Terrorist Surveillance Program illegal and unconstitutional. But a judge said the group challenging the wiretap program lacked legal standing.
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Bush wiretap program gets rebuke from federal judge
Bush authorized a wiretap program allowing US citizens with suspected terror links to be tapped without a warrant. Now, a judge has ruled that an Islamic charity was the subject of 'unlawful surveillance.'
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White House scores key victory on government eavesdropping
The Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that protects telecom firms from lawsuits over secret surveillance.
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White House scores key victory on government eavesdropping
The Senate approved a bill on Wednesday that protects telecom firms from lawsuits over secret surveillance.
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Left lacks leverage to stop Obama's rightward tack
His backtracking on a government-surveillance bill has outraged the liberal blogosphere.
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Left lacks leverage to stop Obama's rightward tack
His backtracking on a government-surveillance bill has outraged the liberal blogosphere.
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Congress wrestles over spying bill
Many Democrats are at odds with their own leadership over extending domestic surveillance.
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'State secrets' privilege fuels surveillance bill battle
Friday's House vote, ignoring veto threat, is latest bid by Democrats to rein in White House powers.
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Opinion: Protect America - and the law
We don't buy Bush's scare tactics on surveillance.
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Risks from lapsed wiretap law are disputed
House Democrats, who let the law expire Saturday, see little danger. Intelligence officials argue the ability to track potential terrorists is impaired.
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House set to let warrantless eavesdropping law lapse
President lobbied hard Thursday for renewal of Protect America Act, which expires Feb. 16.
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Broad-based U.S. push to tighten Internet monitoring
A new initiative aims to better coordinate investigation of cyberattacks on government systems. Efforts to intensify monitoring of the Internet and to broaden wiretapping powers are heating up the privacy debate.
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Nancy Pelosi: Activists should persuade GOP lawmakers to work to end war
The House speaker touted Congress's domestic accomplishments, but recognized Americans' frustration at a lack of action on the Iraq war at a Monitor lunch Tuesday.
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