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Snuggly the Security Bear Explains: Warrantless Wiretapping Is All About Love and Freedom

If you're still confused about the whole warrantless domestic spying program that the telecoms colluded with the government on (which is being conveniently shuffled away from official scrutiny, forever), Snuggly the Security Bear by Mark Fiore...

11:25 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008, by matt buchanan, 0 views, 158 comments

Video: The AT&T Wiretapping Dealio Explained in Two Minutes

This clip, featuring AT&T whisteblower Mark Klein, was thrown together by Senator Chris Dodd's staff and neatly wraps up the basics of the snooping allegations the EFF's pursuing against AT&T. He's apparently rubbing elbows in DC this week to...

4:00 AM on Thu Nov 8 2007, by Matt Buchanan, 0 views, 26 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, 0 views, 3 comments

Senate Set to Give Retroactive Immunity to AT&T and Other Telcos for Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Should AT&T and the other telcos involved (like Verizon) get a total pass for participating in the NSA's domestic wiretapping program that let the government eavesdrop on Americans without a warrant? The Senate's thisclose to giving them immunity...

3:20 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007, by matt buchanan, 0 views, 51 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, 0 views, 25 comments

TelCos bought wiretapping immunity for a song

The average contribution from AT&T, Verizon and Sprint to the 94 Democratic congresscritters who change their votes from "no" to "yes" on the bill which would grant the companies immunity from charges of illegally wiretapping American citizens?...

5:20 PM on Wed Jun 25 2008, by Jackson West, 0 views, 8 comments

Tomorrow FBI Will Be Jacked Into Everyone's Internets

Tomorrow is the deadline for ISPs to have their networks wired up with G-Man-mandated surveillance equipment that will make it easier for the FBI to snoop, spy and wiretap the Intertubes, per the FCC's expanded 2002 interpretation of the 1994...

5:15 PM on Sun May 13 2007, by Matt Buchanan, 0 views, 41 comments

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, 0 views, 21 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, 0 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, 0 views, 1 comment