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Mueller addresses leak in recently foiled AQAP bomb plot
Discussions with foreign intelligence partners are ongoing to minimize fallout after someone leaked information to the media about al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's recently foiled bomb plot, FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee May 16.
Mueller: Tech companies should make products that can be wiretapped
Mueller said Internet-based and other technology firms "are very wealthy…they can afford to do it." "It" being implementation of means to tap electronic exchanges.
FISA use up in last 3 years
FISA will expire at the end of this year without congressional reauthorization. Before its enactment, the attorney general could authorize such surveillance without court approval.
Court authorized wiretaps up in 2010
The number of federal- and state- court approved interceptions of wire, oral or electronic communications grew by 34 percent in 2010 over the year before, says the administrative office of the United
Book excerpt: 'Surveillance or Security' by Susan Landau
How far the ability of law enforcement and counterterrorism to penetrate communications should go hasn't been a theoretical discussion of our post-Sept. 11, 2001 era. In a new book , "Surveillance or
FBI readying consolidated electronic info database
The FBI is readying an integrated database of intercepted electronic messages collected under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and electronic data obtained from seized or captured digital
NSA can demonstrate commitment to privacy by releasing FISA Amendment Act documents
Privacy is of utmost concern to the National Security Agency, according to its head, Army Gen. Keith Alexander. "I know that some have concerns about intelligence community involvement in securing
ACLU sues for surveillance documents
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit June 3 in a New York federal district court to receive documents pertaining to the government's implementation of a 2008 law that allows electronic
NSA suspends metadata collection
The National Security Agency voluntarily halted collecting electronic communications metadata such as the origin and destination of emails and VoIP Internet addresses in response to concerns from the
Judge affirms warrant requirement of FISA
The National Security Agency's warrantless monitoring of international phone calls was illegal, a federal judge ruled March 31. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which requires a warrant for
