FISA Update: And on the Political Side
The Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), has been getting a lot of anger-infused grief from the left-wing activists for saying he’ll vote for H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act,...
View ArticleFISA Update: The Votes Start
Voting on the first of three amendments, the Feingold-Dodd amendment, to H.R. 6304, has started. Sixty votes are needed for passage of the amendment, which would strip out the immunity for telecom...
View ArticleFISA Update: Sen. Hatch Makes the Private Sector Case
In the FISA debate, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has been a clear and consistent speaker on the importance of providing immunity to telecommunications companies that assisted in surveillance of foreign...
View ArticleFISA Update: Reaction and Litigation
Reaction and excerpts from statements and news releases on the Senate passage Wednesday of H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act. President Bush’s statement, “President Bush Pleased by Passage of FISA...
View ArticleFISA Update: The Legal Background and Misrepresentation
With more and more news accounts again today misleadingly referring to “domestic spying program,” it’s worth turning, again, to Andrew C. McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor for the real history and...
View ArticleFISA Update: President Signs H.R. 6304
President Bush signed H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act, into law this afternoon in the Rose Garden. His remarks are here. An accurate and quick summary from CQ Politics.
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FISA Update: Litigation, Of Course
Upon President Bush’s signing of H.R. 6304, the ACLU immediately filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking a court order to declare the law unconstitutional and...
View ArticleFISA Update: 9th Circuit Sends Telecom Suit Back to District Court
The FISA Amendments Act, H.R. 6304, signed into law in July is beginning to work its intended effect on lawsuits against the telecommunication companies that assisted in government monitoring of...
View ArticleFISA Update: Finally, Judge Grants Telecom Immunity
San Francisco Chronicle, “Telecom immunity upheld as judge tosses suits“: A federal judge on Wednesday upheld an immunity law for telecommunications companies and dismissed dozens of lawsuits by...
View ArticleFISA Update: Civil Immunity? No, We Changed Our Minds
Four Senators recently introduced a bill that would resurrect litigation against U.S. telecom companies that complied with U.S. government orders to assist in electronic surveillance of suspected...
View ArticleFISA Update: And on the Political Side
The Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), has been getting a lot of anger-infused grief from the left-wing activists for saying he’ll vote for H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act,...
View ArticleFISA Update: The Votes Start
Voting on the first of three amendments, the Feingold-Dodd amendment, to H.R. 6304, has started. Sixty votes are needed for passage of the amendment, which would strip out the immunity for telecom...
View ArticleFISA Update: Sen. Hatch Makes the Private Sector Case
In the FISA debate, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has been a clear and consistent speaker on the importance of providing immunity to telecommunications companies that assisted in surveillance of foreign...
View ArticleFISA Update: Reaction and Litigation
Reaction and excerpts from statements and news releases on the Senate passage Wednesday of H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act. President Bush’s statement, “President Bush Pleased by Passage of FISA...
View ArticleFISA Update: The Legal Background and Misrepresentation
With more and more news accounts again today misleadingly referring to “domestic spying program,” it’s worth turning, again, to Andrew C. McCarthy, a former federal prosecutor for the real history and...
View ArticleFISA Update: President Signs H.R. 6304
President Bush signed H.R. 6304, the FISA Amendments Act, into law this afternoon in the Rose Garden. His remarks are here. An accurate and quick summary from CQ Politics. The post FISA Update:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
FISA Update: Litigation, Of Course
Upon President Bush’s signing of H.R. 6304, the ACLU immediately filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking a court order to declare the law unconstitutional and...
View ArticleFISA Update: 9th Circuit Sends Telecom Suit Back to District Court
The FISA Amendments Act, H.R. 6304, signed into law in July is beginning to work its intended effect on lawsuits against the telecommunication companies that assisted in government monitoring of...
View ArticleFISA Update: Finally, Judge Grants Telecom Immunity
San Francisco Chronicle, “Telecom immunity upheld as judge tosses suits“: A federal judge on Wednesday upheld an immunity law for telecommunications companies and dismissed dozens of lawsuits by...
View ArticleFISA Update: Civil Immunity? No, We Changed Our Minds
Four Senators recently introduced a bill that would resurrect litigation against U.S. telecom companies that complied with U.S. government orders to assist in electronic surveillance of suspected...
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