The Biden administration is reportedly worried a 2008 spy law permitting warrantless wiretaps will not be renewed by Congress, as lawmakers on both the left and right have expressed privacy concerns. Source Views: 0
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Biden Administration ‘Worried’ 2008 Warrantless Wiretap Spy Law Will Lapse
Greek government survives vote over wiretap scandal
Greece’s government on Friday easily survived a no-confidence vote called by the opposition over a long-running wiretap scandal in which top officials were targeted by state intelligence for months. The censure motion was defeated by 156 votes to 143 in the 300-seat chamber, parliament vice chairman Haralambos Athanassiou said after the official count. Prime Minister… […]
Greece to ban spyware as wiretap scandal continues
Lawmakers in Greece are set to approve plans to outlaw commercial spyware following weeks of allegations that senior government officials may have been targeted. The revelations have hurt public support for the country’s center-right government as it faces elections in 2023. Under the draft legislation to be voted on later Thursday, the use, sale or […]
FBI Can Neither Confirm Nor Deny Trump Tower Wiretap
In response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by Shadowproof, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said it “can neither confirm nor deny the existence of records” regarding a wiretap of Trump Tower. The FBI sent its response via email earlier this afternoon, hours before news broke that the United States government […]
A Single Wiretap Intercepted 3 Million Calls Last Year — And It Absolutely Concerns You
July 3, 2017 By Claire Bernish To carry out a relatively unimpressive drug sting, an unnamed federal agency swept up well over 3 million phone conversations in two months with a lone wiretap order — one of 3,186 such orders issued by federal and state judges in 2016 — evincing an overreach […]
UMNO’s Annuar Musa Blasts Mahatir Mohamad
nsnbc : The Chief of Information of Malaysia’s governing UMNO blasted former PM Mahatir Mohamad for leaving the party, speaking out against the government and for trying to serve his own agenda. Mahatir, for his part, had called for the resignation of PM Najib Razak, saying that he had caused great harm to Malaysia. Mahathir […]
Syrian Army Advances in Homs, Latakia, Aleppo
Local Editor The Syrian army and allies continued their operations against the terrorist groups in several provinces, inflicting heavy losses upon the militants. The Syrian army and allies advanced remarkably in Maqalea area in Homs eastern countryside, killing or injuring scores of ISIL militants. The Syrian army had regained control over the hills of Maheen […]
ACLU wins settlement over wrongful wiretap arrest
The University of Pittsburgh will award the American Civil Liberties Union nearly $50,000 for the wrongful arrest of a Pennsylvania man that was put behind bars for videotaping campus police. Elijah Matheny turned his cell phone towards campus cops back in 2009 when he witnessed the university police placing a friend under arrest. For his […]