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NSA has been logging your phone calls since 9/11
May 11th, 2006 
etdot USAToday reports: The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth, people with direct knowledge of the arrangement told USA TODAY. The NSA program reaches into homes and businesses across the nation by amassing information about the calls […]
NSA tells DOJ to take a hike
May 10th, 2006 etdot The Department of Justice has decided to give up it’s investigation into the illegal wiretapping by the NSA. My guess is that it went something like this: DOJ: Bad NSA, you’ve been wiretapping without warrants. NSA: Yea, um, it’s for, um, the war on terrorists… yea, that’s it. DOJ: Mmmmmmkay, we need to see some […]
The week in review
March 21st, 2006 etdot Last week was pretty busy. There was the Senate Bill that may restrict freedom of the press: "The bill would make it a crime to tell the American people that the president is breaking the law, and the bill could make it a crime for the newspapers to publish that fact," said Martin, a civil liberties […]