Archive for the ‘spying’ Category

Details emerge of vast scope of US domestic spying law

Sunday, August 19th, 2007

New reports underscore the extraordinary scope of a law passed earlier this month expanding government powers to spy on the population in the US and internationally.

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Vast data mining programs behind 2004 dispute within Bush administration

Monday, July 30th, 2007

A New York Times article published Sunday reports that a dispute within the Bush administration over its domestic spying programs in 2004 centered on so-called “data mining” operations. These programs involve accessing massive databases of communications logs—both foreign and domestic—to search for links and associations between tens of millions of people.

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