Bush went away, but domestic surveillance overreach didn't. It's now the law, and the ACLU is fighting back
By James Bamford Jul 22, 2009
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A prime example of stenographic journalism claims, and disproves, Obama is abandoning the Bush terrorism approach
By Glenn Greenwald
October 6, 2009
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Is there any chance Congress will fix the abuses they enabled with past legislation?
By Glenn Greenwald
October 1, 2009
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The previous administration's surveillance was even more extensive than we'd known, and DOJ didn't like it
By Gabriel Winant
July 10, 2009
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The good news is that it's clear what the Obama administration must do to end the decade-long war on the Constitution.
By Glenn Greenwald
January 1, 2009
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Why the White House can no longer hide the truth about its warrantless surveillance of Americans.
By Jon B. Eisenberg
September 12, 2008
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Pushing conservative Democrats out of Congress could help the party stand up to the GOP.
By Glenn Greenwald
July 29, 2008
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Activists are calling for the heads of conservative congressional Democrats. Wait till George Bush is history, and then decide.
By Ed Kilgore
July 29, 2008
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Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could rival Watergate.
By Tim Shorrock
July 23, 2008
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How Barack Obama and John McCain are changing positions on everything from wiretapping to taxes.
By Mike Madden
July 17, 2008
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Key congressional Democrats were aware and tacitly supportive of Bush's illegal interrogation and surveillance programs, a key motive in why they helped prevent accountability.
By Glenn Greenwald
July 15, 2008
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Some Obama supporters say we should disband our FISA group now that the vote is past. I disagree. If progressives are silent, the campaign will take us for granted.
By Mike Stark
July 11, 2008
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Amid the net-roots anger over Obama's vote for the FISA bill, some key activists are saying he has never been that progressive.
By Ed Kilgore
July 11, 2008
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Jameel Jaffer, the Director of the ACLU National Security Project, explains why the new FISA law violates the 4th Amendment and is even broader than the President's illegal NSA program
By Glenn Greenwald
July 10, 2008
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If Barack Obama's vote for FISA amendments was truly a political "calculation," he needs to check his math.
By Ed Kilgore
July 10, 2008
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The Democrat's FISA sellout is unforgivable, but he's counting on supporters having no place else to go. And McCain's nutty neocon Iran talk helps him make his case.
By Joan Walsh
July 10, 2008
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U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway.
By Jon B. Eisenberg
July 9, 2008
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The congressional Democratic leadership explains that sacrificing the Fourth Amendment and the rule of law is necessary to win some more swing seats.
By Glenn Greenwald
June 22, 2008
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But the presumptive Democratic nominee says he will work in the Senate to strip a retroactive immunity provision.
By Alex Koppelman
June 20, 2008
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Spying on Americans without warrants, charges based on secret evidence, a small town divided by fear. Welcome to the world of Bush's "specially designated global terrorists."
By Tim Shorrock
May 19, 2008
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Emerging reports suggest that House Democrats are on the verge of reversing their only meaningful success since being handed control of Congress.
By Glenn Greenwald
May 2, 2008
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Even Mukasey's own defense illustrates that the dishonest exploitation of 9/11 for ever-expanding unchecked government power continues to this day.
By Glenn Greenwald
April 4, 2008
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Bush's new attorney general follows in Alberto Gonzales' footsteps perfectly with slavish, fact-free devotion to the president's whims.
By Glenn Greenwald
March 29, 2008
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That a belief in the FISA court represents the outermost "liberal" view allowed reveals how far to the Right our political establishment has shifted.
By Glenn Greenwald
March 2, 2008
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Dana Perino and Adam Putnam spin their way out of the fact that it was House Republicans, with the president's blessing, who killed the extension.
By Alex Koppelman
February 25, 2008
The NSA is still listening to you
The joint Post/Obama defense of the Patriot Act and FISA
Salon Radio: Patriot Act and FISA reforms
Report: Bush's surveillance program larger than previously thought
Another brutal year for liberty
More evidence of Bush's spying
Let's give "Blue Dogs" the boot
No, let sleeping "Blue Dogs" lie
Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power
Flip-flopping to the White House
Why progressives should keep organizing on MyBarackObama.com 
Betrayed by Obama
Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale
Blacklisted by the Bush government
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