domestic spying

Obama Has to Pay for Eight Years of Bush's Delusions

American lawyers defending six Algerians before a habeas corpus hearing in Washington this week learned some very odd things about US intelligence after 9/11. From among the millions of "raw" reports from American spies and their "assets" around the world came a CIA Middle East warning about a possible kamikaze-style air attack on a US navy base at a south Pacific island location. The only problem was that no such navy base existed on the island and no US Seventh Fleet warship had ever been there.

Posted in domestic spying, guantanamo, torture, war on terror, War/Empire, Iraq, Israel/Palestine

What Is NorthCom Up To?

This week and into next, NorthCom and NORAD are conducting a joint exercise called "Vigilant Shield '09."

The focus will be on "homeland defense and civil support," a NorthCom press release states.

From November 12-18, it will be testing a "synchronized response of federal, state, local and international partners in preparation for homeland defense, homeland security, and civil support missions in the United States and abroad."

Posted in domestic spying, Militarism

Bush Spy Revelations Anticipated When Obama Is Sworn In

When Barack Obama takes the oath of office on January 20, Americans won't just get a new president; they might finally learn the full extent of George W. Bush's warrantless domestic wiretapping.

Posted in beyond obama, domestic spying, fisa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 6, 2008
3:59 PM

CONTACT: ACLU

Rachel Myers, ACLU, (212) 549-2689 or 2666; media@aclu.org

ACLU and PEN American Center Present 'Something to Hide' Event

Writers and Artists to Come Together at Miami Book Fair International for Readings Against the Surveillance State

MIAMI - November 6 - As part of the Miami Book Fair International, the American Civil Liberties Union and PEN American Center (PEN) will present Something to Hide: Writers and Artists Against the Surveillance State, an afternoon of readings from works that highlight how government surveillance threatens artistic and intellectual freedom, on November 15 at 2:45 p.m. EST.

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Posted in Activism, civil liberties, domestic spying

They’ve Squandered Lives, Fortunes and Our Sacred Honor

Here’s to the American people, the electorate, for finally coming to their senses and voting for something different, for someone different and for a chance to fix the multitude of man-made disasters that confront us.

By their votes, the Republican revolution and all it's wrought — an economic meltdown, two endless wars, class warfare that’s enriched the very rich and beggared everyone else and a treasury bulging only with IOU's — will be crushed.

Posted in civil liberties, domestic spying, Economy/Trade, election 2008

Judge Orders White House to Produce Wiretap Memos

WASHINGTON - A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program.

U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy Jr. signed an order Friday requiring the department to produce the memos by the White House legal counsel's office by Nov. 17. He said he will review the memos in private to determine if any information can be released publicly without violating attorney-client privilege or jeopardizing national security.

Posted in domestic spying

Maryland State Troopers' Spy Effort Was Wider

Maryland State Police spied on environmentalists - not just the death penalty opponents and war protesters that officials had previously acknowledged watching and entering into a database of terrorism suspects - a revelation that has intensified calls for new regulations on surveillance of activist groups.