Sites related to video surveillance of U.S. citizens, foreign nationals and immigrants in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
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Eavesdrop Now, Reassess Later?- WIRED magazine article by Declan McCullagh (1 Oct 2001): House negotiators have drafted anti-terrorism legislation to grant police unprecedented eavesdropping powers that would automatically expire in two years.pop
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September Attacks Prompt Sharp Debate on Scope of Surveillance Law- NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL article by Marcia Coyle (1 Oct 2001): As the U.S. Congress weighs anti-terrorism measures, two little words in the Bush administration's proposals have re-ignited a decades-old debate over the line between information gathered for intelligence purposes and for criminal prosecutions, and the constitutional standards overlaying each.pop
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Snoop Bill Heads to Final Vote- WIRED article by Declan McCullagh (10 Oct 2001): A high-stakes showdown over the future of U.S. eavesdropping law is taking place behind closed doors on Capitol Hill. With scant time remaining before possible votes in the House and the Senate as early as Wednesday, the Bush administration is lobbying for permanent surveillance ability over the objections of top legislators.pop
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A Senator's Lonely Privacy Fight- WIRED article by Declan McCullagh (11 Oct 2001): Russ Feingold is fighting a lonely battle for privacy in the U.S. Senate. The 48-year-old Wisconsin Democrat is singlehandedly trying to add pro-privacy changes to an eavesdropping bill that would hand police unprecedented surveillance powers.
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An affront to democracy- WASHINGTON POST editorial (12 Nov 2001): It is hard to fathom why Attorney General John Ashcroft would think his recent order authorizing the monitoring of conversations between detainees and their lawyers would be acceptable in a society that values the rule of law.
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Court to Wield Power in Terror Hunt- AP article by Anne Gearan (4 Nov 2001): The court considers requests, almost always from the FBI, for warrants and searches related to foreign intelligence operations inside the US. ... The warrants typically allow the government to listen in on suspected spies or terrorists. Civil liberties and privacy watchdogs say the court established by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act now will be free to approve more and broader wiretapping against a wider range of people.
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US will monitor calls to lawyers- WASHINGTON POST article by George Lardner, Jr. (8 Nov 2001): The Justice Department has decided to listen in on the conversations of lawyers with clients in federal custody, including people who have been detained but not charged with any crime, whenever that is deemed necessary to prevent violence or terrorism.
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