The Director of National Intelligence Michael McConnell contradicted the government and his own legal defenses of the nations’ telecoms by telling an El Paso newspaper that the companies helped the government with its warrantless wiretapping program. That program ran from October 2001 to January 2006 without court supervision, but now gets special program warrants from […]

Posted on August 31st, 2007 by lbraum
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An FBI unit reportedly facing a criminal investigation for Patriot Act abuses is asking Congress for $5.3 million in 2008 to pay three telecoms to build data centers to store Americans’ communication records for years in order to provide the FBI “near real time” access to Americans’ phone and internet records.
The FBI already pays three […]

Posted on August 3rd, 2007 by lbraum
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The UK Independent online wrote in January about the risks connected with servicing gambling companies: At least 16 investment banks, law and accountancy firms have been subpoenaed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) to hand over any documentation connected with the online gambling industry.
City sources said it is clear the DoJ is trying to […]

Posted on February 9th, 2007 by lbraum
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