Search Results for the Tag "Surveillance"
To Critics, New Policy on Terror Looks Old. "Has [Obama], on issues related to fighting terrorism, turned out to be little different from his predecessor?"
You Are Being Watched spotlights the high costs of camera surveillance systems, both in terms of money and civil liberties. [Via]
What Did Bush Tell Gonzales? "Sources say Alberto Gonzales now claims that President Bush personally directed him to John Ashcroft's hospital room in the infamous wiretap renewal incident—and that in another instance the President asked him to fabricate fictitious notes."
Angler: The Cheney Vice Presidency. "Dick Cheney is the most influential and powerful man ever to hold the office of vice president. This special report examines Cheney's largely hidden and little-understood role in crafting policies on national security, the economy and the environment."
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Party Crashing AT&T and the Blue Dogs: liberal bloggers Glenn Greenwald, Jane Hamsher and friends crash the Blue Dog Democrats' party at the convention (with video).
New Guidelines Would Give F.B.I. Broader Powers. "According to members of Congress, Attorney General Michael Mukasey is preparing to give the F.B.I. broad new authority to investigate Americans — without any clear basis for suspicion that they are committing a crime."