‘Politically Explosive’ Docs Show How NSA Wiretaps Earth
Published on Thursday, June 19, 2014 by Common Dreams – Jon Queally, staff writer New...
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Tag: illegal wiretapping
Does the NSA Tap That? What We Still Don’t Know About the Agency’s Internet Surveillance
Is the NSA really sucking up everything?
Read MoreOlbermann – Jane Harmon controversy getting some play
Talk about tangled webs of deception… imagine being a Congressperson ensnared by an illegal wiretap possibly offering favors to a foreign lobby. Then imagine the FBI pulled back from investigating those actions so that you can vote in favor of illegal wiretaps.
Wind to meet 20% US energy needs by 2030
Recognizing the importance of addressing the climate change crisis and reducing dependence upon foreign oil and gas, the US Department of Energy (USDOE) has launched an aggressive program aiming to meet 20% of America’s energy...
Read MoreNo blind faith in governance
The US government was created by, for and of the people and operates at the ‘consent’ of the governed. Governments provide and maintain infrastructure and services for the public benefit and are also charged with maintaining...
Read MoreFeingold on FISA and telecom immunity
Feingold speaks to urge Congress to support the Dodd amendment and strike telecom immunity from the bill. Video from Rawstory
Read MoreHouse denies retroactive immunity on FISA bill
It was close, 217-197 but the House managed to pass a bill that does not include retroactive immunity for telecoms involved in illegal wiretapping. President Bush has promised to dig in his heels and veto any bill not including...
Read MoreColbert pushes the bin Laden telemarket
Transcript at Rawstory
Read MoreUS mail being opened without warrants
Apparently our domestic mail has been opened without benefit of warrants needing only the approval of the US Postal Inspection Service Director. Each day our freedoms erode further and further and we can thank the extended use...
Read MoreDems are caving on immunity
This is just amazing! The existing FISA laws allow the government to obtain a warrant and spy on US citizens. There is a 72 hour window where they can spy first and get the warrant second. There is no emergency and yet the House...
Read MoreFear as a tool of politics
This is a clever parody concerning the FISA bill.
Read MoreBush is a fascist
Olbermann had another one of this special comments for George Bush and his threat to veto a FISA bill that does not include immunity for the telecoms – from Rawstory Using fear to to bully the US people for laws which...
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