FISA - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/fisa/?source=rss&aim=fisa en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT articles about wiretapping The NSA is still listening to you By James Bamford Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/22/eavesdropping/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/22/eavesdropping/index.html?source=rss Bush went away, but domestic surveillance overreach didn't. It's now the law, and the ACLU is fighting back The joint Post/Obama defense of the Patriot Act and FISA By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/06/obama/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/10/06/obama/index.html?source=rss A prime example of stenographic journalism claims, and disproves, Obama is abandoning the Bush terrorism approach Salon Radio: Patriot Act and FISA reforms By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/radio/2009/10/01/German/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/radio/2009/10/01/German/index.html?source=rss Is there any chance Congress will fix the abuses they enabled with past legislation? Report: Bush's surveillance program larger than previously thought By Gabriel Winant Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/10/surveillance_report/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/10/surveillance_report/index.html?source=rss The previous administration's surveillance was even more extensive than we'd known, and DOJ didn't like it Another brutal year for liberty By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/01/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/01/01/civil_liberties/index.html?source=rss The good news is that it's clear what the Obama administration must do to end the decade-long war on the Constitution. More evidence of Bush's spying By Jon B. Eisenberg Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/12/surveillance_alharamain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/09/12/surveillance_alharamain/index.html?source=rss Why the White House can no longer hide the truth about its warrantless surveillance of Americans. Let's give "Blue Dogs" the boot By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/29/blue_dogs_die/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/29/blue_dogs_die/index.html?source=rss Pushing conservative Democrats out of Congress could help the party stand up to the GOP. No, let sleeping "Blue Dogs" lie By Ed Kilgore Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/29/blue_dogs_lie/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/29/blue_dogs_lie/index.html?source=rss Activists are calling for the heads of conservative congressional Democrats. Wait till George Bush is history, and then decide. Exposing Bush's historic abuse of power By Tim Shorrock Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/23/new_churchcomm/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/23/new_churchcomm/index.html?source=rss 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. Flip-flopping to the White House By Mike Madden Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/17/flip_flop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/17/flip_flop/index.html?source=rss How Barack Obama and John McCain are changing positions on everything from wiretapping to taxes. The motivation for blocking investigations into Bush lawbreaking By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/15/complicity/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/15/complicity/index.html?source=rss 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. Why progressives should keep organizing on MyBarackObama.com By Mike Stark Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/obama_organization/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/11/obama_organization/index.html?source=rss 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. Learning to live with the "new" Obama By Ed Kilgore Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/11/obama_netroots/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/11/obama_netroots/index.html?source=rss Amid the net-roots anger over Obama's vote for the FISA bill, some key activists are saying he has never been that progressive. Interview with ACLU re: constitutional challenge to new FISA law By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/10/aclu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/10/aclu/index.html?source=rss 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 Was Obama's FISA vote "calculated"? By Ed Kilgore Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/10/obama_fisa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/07/10/obama_fisa/index.html?source=rss If Barack Obama's vote for FISA amendments was truly a political "calculation," he needs to check his math. Betrayed by Obama By Joan Walsh Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/07/10/obama_fisa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/07/10/obama_fisa/index.html?source=rss 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. Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale By Jon B. Eisenberg Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/09/alharamain_lawsuit/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/07/09/alharamain_lawsuit/index.html?source=rss 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. Time magazine uncritically prints Nancy Pelosi's "justifications" for the FISA "compromise" By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/22/calabresi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/06/22/calabresi/index.html?source=rss The congressional Democratic leadership explains that sacrificing the Fourth Amendment and the rule of law is necessary to win some more swing seats. Obama says he supports FISA compromise By Alex Koppelman Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/20/obama_fisa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/06/20/obama_fisa/index.html?source=rss But the presumptive Democratic nominee says he will work in the Senate to strip a retroactive immunity provision. Blacklisted by the Bush government By Tim Shorrock Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/19/al_haramain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/19/al_haramain/index.html?source=rss 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." What backroom conniving are Steny Hoyer and the Chris Carney Blue Dogs up to on FISA? By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/02/hoyer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/02/hoyer/index.html?source=rss Emerging reports suggest that House Democrats are on the verge of reversing their only meaningful success since being handed control of Congress. The DOJ comments on the Mukasey controversy By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/04/doj/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/04/doj/index.html?source=rss Even Mukasey's own defense illustrates that the dishonest exploitation of 9/11 for ever-expanding unchecked government power continues to this day. Michael Mukasey's tearful lies By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/29/mukasey/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/29/mukasey/index.html?source=rss Bush's new attorney general follows in Alberto Gonzales' footsteps perfectly with slavish, fact-free devotion to the president's whims. The "liberal" position on the Surveillance State By Glenn Greenwald Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/02/fisa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/03/02/fisa/index.html?source=rss That a belief in the FISA court represents the outermost "liberal" view allowed reveals how far to the Right our political establishment has shifted. Republicans continue to mislead on Protect America Act extension By Alex Koppelman Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/25/fisa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/02/25/fisa/index.html?source=rss 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.