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Public Opinion: Should Telecommunications Companies Get Immunity as Part of the FISA Overhaul?
Opinion
- July 10, 2008
They're getting protection under the FISA revision—was it the right thing to do?
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Blog Buzz: John McCain, Social Security, Iran's missiles, and FISA
Nation & World
- July 9, 2008
McCain calls Social Security a disgrace, Iran launches and bloggers respond, FISA passes.
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Blog Buzz: FISA and the 527
Nation & World
- June 20, 2008
Liberals (except Obama?) furious about wiretapping, MoveOn group moves on
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GOP Steps Up Moves Against Lawyers
News Desk
- March 7, 2008
Senate Republicans, who've already attacked trial lawyers for fighting the lingering FISA issue, are turning to "patent trolls" (those who aggressively enforce patents) as they move to claim that lawyers challenging post-9/11 legislation are jeopardizing national security.
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The Fight Over Domestic Eavesdropping
By Kenneth T. Walsh -
Nation & World
- February 28, 2008
President Bush is demanding immediate updating of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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Bush and Congress Set to Fight on FISA
News Desk
- January 3, 2008
President Bush's demand that the Senate swiftly approve an overhaul of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act doesn't seem to be prompting any significant action in the Senate, where Democrats withdrew it from floor action amid opposition from liberal members of the party.
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Congress Takes Up New Surveillance Law
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- September 5, 2007
Balance between privacy rights and national security concerns remains elusive.
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