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NSA Wiretaps - A News Timeline

Understanding The Wiretapping Scandal

Related Resources
NSA Surveillance Is No Scandal - Amy Hess, December 2005
Liberal Blogs on NSA Spying: Single Greatest Nightmare of Our Founders, Deborah White, May 2006
NSA Wiretaps Unconstitutional; White House Appeals - Kathy Gill, 17 August 2006
Liberals Fight Bush Bid to Change Constitution on Wiretapping - Deborah White, 18 August 2006
Big Brother 101 - Tom Head, Spring 2006

:: Part 4: September 2007 - January 2008

  • 16 October 2007
    Qwest Official Says NSA Wiretaps Preceded 9-11
    Former Qwest CEO Joseph P. Nacchio, who has been convicted of insider trading, "said the NSA approached Qwest more than six months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks ... [suggesting] that the Bush administration was seeking to enlist telecommunications firms in programs without court oversight before the terrorist attacks on New York and the Pentagon."
  • 16 November 2007
    Are the Ds Developing Backbone?
    Or are they simply setting up veto opportunities for President Bush, like a Republican Congress did to Clinton?

    On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved (10-9) a bill modifying FISA that does not grant immunity to telecos that cooperated with the Bush Administration's non-FISA-authorized wiretaps, and the House approved (227-189) its own FISA-modification bill, also without immunity.

:: Introduction
:: Part 1: Dec 2005 - Feb 2006
:: Part 2: Apr 2006 - July 2006
:: Part 3: Aug 2006 - Aug 2007
:: Part 4: Sept 2007 - Jan 2008

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