Tag: Surveillance

Fox News chief news anchor Shepard Smith warned Thursday that the surveillance memo prepared by House Republicans may very well be a ploy engineered to distract from any progress being made in the probe into the Trump administration. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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Fox News anchor Shepard Smith warns surveillance memo may be ‘weapon of mass partisan distraction’

Diana Stancy Correll · January 26, 2018 12:05 am

Former National Intelligence Director James Clapper has said the memo prepared by House GOP lawmakers alleging surveillance abuse by the Obama administration is "an irregular approach" to handling such accusations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

James Clapper vexed by ‘partisan’ effort to attack FBI, DOJ with memo on alleged FISA abuses

Daniel Chaitin · January 25, 2018 4:41 am

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., has said that while a House memo alleging surveillance abuse by the Obama administration is important, but not necessarily for public consumption. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trey Gowdy reacts to DOJ warning on releasing memo on alleged FISA abuses: ‘Let’s lower the rhetoric’

Daniel Chaitin · January 25, 2018 2:29 am

The Justice Department warned House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., that releasing the memo on alleged abuses by the department and the FBI on FISA would be "reckless." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

DOJ warns Devin Nunes against ‘extraordinarily reckless’ release of memo on alleged FISA abuses

Kelly Cohen · January 25, 2018 12:18 am

In a statement, Rep. Adam Schiff said Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are seeking to "selectively and misleadingly characterize classified information" in an effort to "protect" President Trump. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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House Intel Democrats preparing own memo to counter GOP’s ‘misleading’ FISA memo on Trump

Kelly Cohen · January 24, 2018 8:49 pm

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was established by 2007 legislation, but wasn't fully functional until 2013 and took a major role reviewing programs exposed that year by whistleblower Edward Snowden. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Trump’s nominee to lead surveillance oversight board likes surveillance too much for privacy activists

Steven Nelson · January 24, 2018 5:01 am

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Tuesday he is confident the White House will allow the release of a memo reportedly detailing abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act by the Obama administration to spy on associates of President Trump. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

Rep. Matt Gaetz: Trump will allow the release of the memo on alleged FISA abuses

Daniel Chaitin · January 24, 2018 3:09 am

"Ability to reprogram intelligence funds in secret violates the standing oversight and authorization authority held by permanent select intelligence committees," said Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency senior executive who leaked information to the media. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

National Security

Provision in shutdown-ending bill stokes fear of oversight-free intelligence spending

Steven Nelson · January 24, 2018 1:57 am

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D- N.Y., said Tuesday he wants access to a four-page, GOP-produced memo detailing possible misuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act committed by members of the intelligence community during the Obama presidency. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Democrat wants source material for memo of alleged FISA abuses released to House Judiciary

Naomi Lim · January 24, 2018 12:55 am

The #ReleaseTheMemo hashtag spread on social media after Republican lawmakers started calling for the release of a four-page memo they said showed FISA abuses. (iStock by Getty Images)

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Democrats call on Facebook, Twitter to probe Russian involvement in #ReleaseTheMemo social media campaign

Melissa Quinn · January 23, 2018 5:22 pm

File-This Oct. 24, 2017, file photo shows House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington. Twitter accounts linked to Russian influence operations are pushing a conservative meme related to the investigation of Russian election interference, researchers say. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

FBI hasn’t seen House intel memo on alleged FISA abuses: Report

Naomi Lim · January 22, 2018 12:28 am

A member of the Senate's intelligence panel, James Lankford of Oklahoma, has expressed interest in seeing the memo. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Interest in memo on alleged FISA abuses spreads to Senate Republicans

Daniel Chaitin · January 21, 2018 11:42 pm