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Articles tagged with: Nsa
EFF Wins Release of Telecom Lobbying Records
A US judge has ordered the government to release more records about the lobbying campaign to provide immunity to the telecommunications giants that participated in the nsa's warrantless surveillance program. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White ordered the records be provided to the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) by October 9, 2009. more
Top senator: NSA not violating surveillance law
The National Security Agency has not committed flagrant violations of the rules governing surveillance of American e-mails and phone calls, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee said Wednesday. more
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NSA Spies On Americans Outside The Law
The American Civil Liberties Union says that the USA's National Security Agency (nsa) has been intercepting Americans' emails and phone calls in recent months to an extent that exceeded even the overbroad limits permitted under the controversial spying legislation passed last summer. According to the New York Times, the nsa's "overcollection" of American' communications has been "significant and systemic." more
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ACLU Files Lawsuit Challenging New Spying Law
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- With President Bush's signature still drying on a new law that expands the government's warrantless surveillance program, the American Civil Liberties Union is headed to court with a legal challenge. more
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FCC Denies Request To Investigate NSA Wiretapping Program
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Federal Communications Commission has refused a House lawmaker's request to investigate whether a federal warrantless wiretapping program violated telecommunications laws, saying such an investigation would "pose an unnecessary risk of damage to national security." more
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AT&T-BellSouth Faces Opposition From Sprint, Telcos, ACLU"
.. you have these kinds of complaints in these transactions," said Tom Burnett, director of research at Wall Street Access. "The applicants are looking to extract a favorable negotiating strategy."You don't get through these things without a lot of com more
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Phone Cos Can Easily Break Out Call Data From Content
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- As more people react to reports the U.S. government may be monitoring people's telephone calls, focus has increased on how long-distance calls are handled by telecom companies. more
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Sprint Nextel Cooperating In Domestic Spying -Report
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- AT&T, Verizon Communications' MCI and Sprint Nextel Corp. are among several large US telecommunications companies that agreed to cooperate with the National Security Agency's spying without warrants on international calls by suspected terrorists, USA Today reported Monday. more
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NSA Warned Bush Of Need To Monitor Telecom Networks In 2001
WASHINGTON (AP)--The National Security Agency warned President George W. Bush in 2001 that monitoring U.S. adversaries would require a "permanent presence" on telecommunications networks that also carry messages of Americans that are protected from government eavesdropping. more
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SonyEricsson handsets to feature in java games
Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, and SonyEricsson have announced an in-game product promotion for Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, one of the most anticipated video games of 2004. The alliance puts the new P900 smart phone and the T637 camera phone in the hands of operative Sam Fisher, as he wages a one-man war against terrorism. more