Category Government spying

Freedom lovin’ George

President Bush has acknowledged that several hundred targeted Americans were wiretapped without warrants under the National Security Agency’s domestic spying program, and now some U.S. officials and outside experts say they suspect that the government is engaged in a far…

US radiation snooping of Muslims

 The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim rights organisation in the United States, has described the revelation that Muslim gatherings and homes around Washington have been electronically "sniffed" for radiation as "disturbing." In a statement on Friday, CAIR…

Sea change

Barron’s editorial: Congress should consider impeaching Bush. Barron’s is a Wall Street magazine about finance and investing. For them to say this is quite extraordinary. Powerful segments of the ruling class are now turning against Bush. He can not last.

Worse than thought

Spy agency mined vast data trove, The National Security Agency has traced and analyzed large volumes of telephone and Internet communications flowing into and out of the United States as part of the eavesdropping program that President Bush approved after…

Newsweek blasts Bush

From AmericaBlog Newsweek: Bush’s illegal domestic spying has echoes of "apartheid" Hey, cool, we’re now being compared to one of the most loathed, oppressive, vile governments in the history of mankind. You gotta admit, it takes a real special gift…