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  • As the new FISA bill—the one that grants retroactive immunity to wiretapping telcos—moves closer to a final vote in the Senate (and a threatened filibuster), Ars Technica looks at the money. AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint donated double the amount...

    1:38 PM on Thu Jun 26 2008, by Chris Walters, 645 views, 21 comments

  • Verizon may have admitted it gives out customer info without warrants, but AT&T and Qwest both refused to give Congress any information on their participation in the government's wire-tapping activities, saying they needed permission from Bush...

    12:20 PM on Tue Oct 16 2007, by Chris Walters, 266 views, 3 comments

  • Wired is assembling a list of where each senator stands on the issue of granting immunity to phone companies who participated in wiretapping—which could be decided as early as today. The list includes phone numbers so you can call if you...

    12:17 PM on Thu Oct 18 2007, by Chris Walters, 355 views, 1 comment

  • Pith & Vinegar

    • XM Radio responds to RIAA's lawsuit. Diverse, commercial free radio controlled by extremely rich men is apparently too scary for RIAA's obscenely rich men.

    7:51 PM on Fri May 19 2006, by popkin, 117 views, 1 comment

  • FBI Uses Wire Taps To Catch Mortgage Scammers

    Most definitely copying what they've learned from the badass HBO show "The Wire," law enforcement agencies are using wire taps to catch bad guys in the cleverest of ways.

    11:16 AM on Thu May 21 2009, by Phil Villarreal, 5,865 views, 13 comments

  • Senate On Verge Of Agreeing To Immunity For Wiretapping Phone Companies

    Yesterday, the leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee "reached a tentative agreement... with the Bush administration that would give telephone carriers legal immunity for any role they played in the National Security Agency's domestic...

    10:30 AM on Thu Oct 18 2007, by Chris Walters, 1,685 views, 25 comments

  • AT&T Turns That Whole Warrantless Wiretapping Thing Into A Hilarious Marketing Joke

    Meet Ms. Suspicious, a member of the "Online Liberation Movement." According to AT&T, Ms. Suspicious "has nothing to hide," so she certainly won't mind when AT&T and their traitorous telecom buddies trash the Constitution and violate her right to...

    7:30 PM on Sat Jun 28 2008, by Carey Alexander, 58,692 views, 117 comments

  • New Spy Law Will Provide Immunity To Wiretapping Telcos

    Update: Voted! Passed 293-129.

    1:07 PM on Fri Jun 20 2008, by Chris Walters, 4,729 views, 110 comments

  • The Senate passed the FISA bill today, which effectively puts an end to any chance of legal repercussions for telcos who helped the government spy on citizens. Senator Obama voted for it, Senator McCain didn't vote, and Senator Clinton, for what...

    10:31 PM on Wed Jul 9 2008, by Chris Walters, 1,664 views, 68 comments

  • Media Demands Secret AT&T Papers

    Wired News is reporting that several media outlets (San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News and Bloomberg News) have joined together to with Wired to petition for the release of "secret" AT&T papers...

    11:59 AM on Thu Dec 21 2006, by Meg Marco, 104 views, Comment