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House Denies Warrantless Wiretapping Immunity For Telcos

In a textbook display of checks and balances, the House of Representatives defied President Bush and the Senate yesterday by passing their version of a surveillance bill without legal immunity for telcos. The bill passed by only 16 votes, far from the 2/3 majority needed to override Bush's inevitable veto. It looks like this legislative battle could continue until the next president takes office in 2009. As we have seen, an Obama administration would deny immunity, McCain would grant immunity, and Clinton? Who knows. [dslreports]

1:55 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Eric Sheline
2,747 views, 59 comments

Latest by Semiapies: "As we have seen, an Obama administration would deny immunity" Actually, this last time in the Senate, Obama voted for cloture more »

spying

Whistleblower Says the Feds Are Spying on Your (Verizon) Mobile Phone Too

Not sweating the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program 'cause you don't have a landline, just a mobile? Tell your glands to kick in again. A computer security consultant working for a wireless carrier—probably Verizon—stumbled upon a high-speed backdoor built into the carrier's network for the Feds to pull anything from "the billing system, text messaging, fraud detection, web site, and pretty much all the systems in the data center without apparent restrictions." More »

10:00 PM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By matt buchanan
8,019 views, 79 comments

Latest by gibson042: @izim1: How inspirational. What's your rate for business retreats? more »

fearmongering

President Bush: You Should Thank Telcos For Spying On You, You Terrorist-Loving Jerks

While many people who value their privacy got pretty pissed when they found out that companies such as AT&T were illegally tapping their phones for the NSA, President Bush doesn't see it that way. In fact, he thinks the wiretapping telcos are American heroes, and anyone who thinks differently is straight-up unpatriotic. More »

10:55 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Adam Frucci
11,639 views, 294 comments

Latest by gibson042: @zenpoet: The inherent rights are simple, universal, and should be obvious: everyone has the right to do whatever they please, more »

at&t

NSA Gets the Best AT&T Coverage Around

Yes, this is real, and spectacular. The Billboard Liberation Front has launched an "improvement" campaign on AT&T billboards in the SF area "to promote and celebrate the innovative collaboration of these two global communications giants" with their massive warrantless domestic spying program (explained by a cute bear). We're waiting for some "Yes, the NSA can hear you now" Verizon billboards to match. Update: Video of them putting it up after the jump.
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3:20 PM on Thu Feb 28 2008
By matt buchanan
17,865 views, 129 comments

Latest by nutbastard: @Radio_Radio: And if we all thought like you, we'd be speaking German. more »

i feel better already

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 sums it all up in the absolute cuddliest way possible. [Mark Fiore via BoingBoing]

11:25 PM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By matt buchanan
19,130 views, 156 comments

Latest by N/A: If a political power has the legal authority to wiretap its own country then it therefore has the ability to more »

gadgets

Last Chance to Save Our Privacy Rights from Warrantless Domestic Spying

While the Senate passed the bill giving telecoms like AT&T and Verizon a free pass on their collusion with government to warrentlessly wiretap American citizens, there's one last hope we might one day find out the scope and depth of the program. The House's version of the bill does not include a telecom immunity provision, meaning they have to square it up w/ the Senate before sending it off for Bush's rubber stamp, and a bunch of Reps are taking a stand. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has forms and contact info set up for people to sound off to their respective Reps to support the House's version and our privacy rights. [EFF, Image via Digital Blasphemy]

8:14 AM on Thu Feb 14 2008
By matt buchanan
2,355 views, 66 comments

Latest by -Core-: @benz57us: Just wanted to say, a big thanks, and appreciate you sharing the link to that video. It was indeed a more »

spying

Senate Gives Telcos Free Pass On Warrantless Domestic Spying Program

Joel at BBG writes in five precise words what it means that the Senate has just granted retroactive immunity to telcos (AT&T, Verizon and others) for participating in the government's warrantless wiretapping program that spied on American citizens: "We Lost. The Telcos Won." More »

6:30 PM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By matt buchanan
4,774 views, 78 comments

Latest by cr0ft: 3000 dead New Yorkers dead is really nothing but a pinprick if you extract he emotional hyperbole and overblown American more »

scary

FBI Wiretaps Shut Down:The Feds Weren't Paying the Bills (and Other Frightening Things)

Here is a comforting thought for you. Apparently the FBI has routinely failed to pay telecom companies for providing phone and internet lines that they had been using for wiretaps and other super-secret surveillance. This has resulted in at least one company cutting a foreign intelligence wiretap until the bill is paid. More »

6:57 PM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Sean Fallon
8,741 views, 29 comments

Latest by Fluffy Wuffy: I would let them strip me naked and wiretap me! Play with my horn! YES! PLAY WITH IT! more »

at&t

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 from lawsuits like the one the Electronic Freedom Foundation's filed against AT&T and others. More »

3:20 PM on Mon Dec 17 2007
By matt buchanan
2,536 views, 51 comments

Latest by johnnyabnormal: @Indio: Geesh. For a while there I thought I was the only one who counterbalanced the reich wing in more »

orwell reference here

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 explain the issue to Congressional types. If his spiel gets at all technical, God help him. [EFF via BoingBoing]

4:00 AM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,049 views, 26 comments

Latest by N/A: The 'dragnet' comment was interesting. Anyone see the recent movie "The Lives of Others"? Too many familiarities for my more »

wiretapping

Fox News: The Gov't Can Use Your Phone as a Hidden Mic

Here's a strange story from those paragons of sensible journalism over at Fox News. They claim that the FBI can now use the microphone on your cell phone to listen in on your conversations, even when the phone is turned off. Now, I've heard of special phones that are outfitted to work this way, but all phones? How is that possible? How can the FBI tap into every make of phone on every carrier when the thing is shut completely off and then have it send a signal out to their location without you ever knowing this? Not that I don't have loads of faith in our government, but they don't seem like they have their shit together enough to pull this one off. More »

11:07 AM on Tue Dec 19 2006
By www.gizmodo.com
2,061 views, 52 comments

Latest by radio: Yeah but if you keep your tin foil hat on they can't read your thoughts! I work on phones, more »