Daschle insists post-9/11 law did not authorize warrantless wiretaps
Former US Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle denied in an editorial in the Washington Post Friday that the post-9/11 congressional Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) provided any basis for warrantless National Security Agency wiretapping...
Summary of legal authority supporting National Securitry Agency surveillance activities, letter from the US Department of Justice Office of Legislative Affairs to senior members of the US Senate and House Intelligence Committees, December 22, 2005 [citing constitutional powers, statutory authority...
FISC judges to be briefed on NSA warrantless eavesdropping tactics
The presiding judge of the 11-member Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) , the secret court charged with overseeing government espionage activities, has organized a classified briefing for panel members to allow administration representatives to report on the scope...
FISC judge resigns in protest over NSA domestic surveillance
US District Judge James Robertson , one of 11 members of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) , has resigned in protest over the National Security Agency's secret domestic surveillance program , according to a report...
US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter has said that he will ask US Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito about the constitutionality of President Bush's authorization of domestic spying . In a letter...
Press Briefing by US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and General Michael Hayden, Principal Deputy Director for National Intelligence on the legal issues surrounding the NSA authorization of domestic surveillance, December 19, 2005. Read the full text of the briefing. Reported...
Democrats say they never approved NSA domestic spying program
Top Senate Democrats have said that they never approved or were fully briefed on the National Security Agency's post-September 11th domestic surveillance program . President Bush has vigorously defended the program, which monitors international communications of people in...
Bush calls Senate failure to renew Patriot Act 'inexcusable'
President Bush on Monday slammed the Senate's failure to renew the USA Patriot Act as "inexcusable," saying the legislation is a crucial part of the government's efforts to prevent future terror attacks....
During a press conference Monday morning, US President George W. Bush defended his authorization of the National Security Agency's eavesdropping on US residents , saying he has the constitutional responsibility and constitutional authority as...
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday called for a congressional investigation into the Bush administration's use of domestic spying on terror suspects. Reid called for an investigation and hearings into the intelligence program overseen by the...
