Tag: FISA

The Crisis and the Truth

The Editors · March 6, 2017 10:01 am

Trump’s Wiretap Claims: What We Know and What We Don’t

Stephen F. Hayes · March 6, 2017 10:00 am

A spokesperson for former President Barack Obama says President Trump's assertion that Obama unlawfully wiretapped Trump Tower during the 2016 presidential campaign is "simply false." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama fires back at Trump’s ‘simply false’ wiretap accusations

Daniel Chaitin · March 4, 2017 5:49 pm

White House officials expressed support Wednesday for the "clean reauthorization" of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a law that establishes procedures on how the government can collect electronic communications.

White House backs ‘clean reauthorization’ of surveillance law

Gabby Morrongiello · March 1, 2017 6:10 pm

The letter, addressed to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, called for a briefing on alleged surveillance of Yahoo Mail users. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

National Security

Lawmakers demand broad disclosure of alleged Yahoo surveillance scheme

Rudy Takala · October 27, 2016 8:15 pm

Report raises questions whether the company was forced to comply, or whether it chose to provide assistance. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

National Security

Report: Yahoo surveillance was conducted under secret order

Rudy Takala · October 6, 2016 5:37 pm

A suspected terrorist targeted by the NSA was actually an innocent resident of New Zealand. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

National Security

Report: Target of NSA’s online surveillance identified

Rudy Takala · August 15, 2016 7:39 pm

The website, End702.com, is named eponymously for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which authorizes two mass surveillance programs known as PRISM and Upstream. (AP Photo)

Civil liberty groups announce new website aimed at ending surveillance law

Rudy Takala · June 6, 2016 11:20 pm

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was passed by Congress in 2008, though its full application went unknown to the public until it was exposed by Edward Snowden in 2013. (Bloomberg)

Is FISA finally finished?

Rudy Takala · May 16, 2016 4:01 am

The court, which handles requests from the National Security Agency and FBI to engage in surveillance, approved all 1,457 requests that it received from those agencies in 2015. (AP Photo)

National Security

Special court approved 100% of surveillance requests in 2015

Rudy Takala · May 2, 2016 5:50 pm

The suit, filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, seeks to learn whether the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has sought to compel a company such as Apple to surveil customer communications on behalf of the federal government. (iStock photo)

National Security

Justice Department sued over classified court rulings

Rudy Takala · April 20, 2016 1:54 pm

Red Alert Politics

Pediatricians appeal to DEA to allow research on medical marijuana treatment for children

Maria Santos · January 26, 2015 11:05 pm