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FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence violations The FBI has conducted clandestine surveillance on some U.S. residents for as long as 18 months at a time without proper paperwork or oversight, according to previously classified documents to be released today.McClellan unaware of military on border At today’s White House press briefing, presidential press secretary Scott McClellan appeared unaware that Army personnel are now assisting the Border Patrol in New Mexico, referring WND’s question about it to the Northern Command.Oklahoma City FBI surrenders documents to court Under pressure from a federal judge to produce at least 87 pages of "un-redacted" internal FBI documents related to the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, the Oklahoma City FBI office has filed under seal documents with a Salt Lake City federal court that could unlock some of the mysteries surrounding the terrorist attack that left 168 dead….Army helps with surveillance mission along southern border Army helps curb illegal immigration The U.S. Border Patrol is getting help from the U.S. Army to slow illegal immigration along New Mexico’s southern border. Armored vehicles from a reconnaissance squadron based in Fort Lewis, Wash., were stationed along a 20-mile stretch of a highway between Columbus and Playas on Thursday, watching for illegal immigrants.Pentagon seeks flexibility in spying on Americans Attempting to loosen decades-old restrictions, the Pentagon is asking Congress to allow its intelligence agents to go undercover when they approach Americans who may have useful national-security information, rather than identifying themselves as intelligence operatives.Bush Vows to Act on National Rescue Plan Bush indicated that he wants more authority for the armed forces in natural disasters. The military is barred by law from performing any domestic law enforcement functions.National Security Agency gets fix on Internet users Internet users hoping to protect their privacy by using anti-virus Spying: Giving Out U.S. Names The National Security Agency is not supposed to target Americans; when a U.S. citizen’s name comes up in an NSA "intercept," the agency routinely minimizes dissemination of the info by masking the name before it distributes the report to other U.S. agencies. But it’s now clear the agency disseminates thousands of U.S. names. U.N. ambassador nominee John Bolton told a Senate confirmation hearing he had requested that U.S. names be unmasked from NSA intercepts on a handful of occasions; the State Department said he had made 10 such requests since 2001, and that the department as a whole had made 400 similar requests over the same period. But evidence is emerging that NSA regularly supplies uncensored intercepts, including named Americans, to other agencies far more often than even many top intel officials knew.Spy imagery agency takes new role inside United States after Sept. 11 In the name of homeland security, America’s spy imagery agency is keeping a close eye, close to home. It’s watching America. Since the Sept. 11 attacks, about 100 employees of a little-known branch of the Defense Department called the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency – and some of the country’s most sophisticated aerial imaging equipment – have focused on observing what’s going on in the United States.FBI Tracks Potential GOP Protesters Federal agents and city police are keeping tabs on people they say might try to cause trouble at the Republican National Convention, questioning activists, making unannounced visits and monitoring Web sites and meetings.FBI adds to wiretap wish list A far-reaching proposal from the FBI, made public Friday, would require all broadband Internet providers, including cable modem and DSL companies, to rewire their networks to support easy wiretapping by police.Court to FBI: No spying on in-car computers The FBI and other police agencies may not eavesdrop on conversations inside automobiles equipped with OnStar or similar dashboard computing systems, a federal appeals court ruled.
A new Pentagon system officials say will be deployed to combat zones in foreign lands has the capability to track every single car in urban areas, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, leading some to worry the technology will lead to a further erosion of privacy.FBI granted expanded immigration enforcement powers The FBI now has the authority to detain individuals suspected solely of immigration violations, a power that had long been the province only of agents of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Justice Department confirmed Wednesday.Ranchers decry U.S. ‘occupying force’ Calling the U.S. Border Patrol an "occupying force," owners of ranches along the frontier with Mexico have formed a new association to resolve grievances and help officials bolster national security….
Judge Rejects Challenge to FBI Spy Powers
The FBI does not have to explain why it applied for search warrants to bug homes and tap phones of defendants in a terrorism case, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in an early test of the government’s new and expanded spying powers. Law enforcement officials across the country will soon have access to a database of 50 million overseas applications for United States visas, including the photographs of 20 million applicants. The CIA’s Secret Army The U.S. is not yet at war with Saddam Hussein. Not officially. But quietly, over the past few months, some of its savviest warriors have sneaked into his country. They have been secretly prowling the Kurdish-controlled enclave in northern Iraq, trying to organize a guerrilla force that could guide American soldiers invading from the north, hunting for targets that U.S. warplanes might bomb, setting up networks to hide U.S. pilots who might be shot down and mapping out escape routes to get them out. And they are doing the same in southern Iraq with dissident Shi’ites.Pentagon to Track American Consumer Purchases Edward Aldridge, undersecretary of Acquisitions and Technology, told reporters that the Pentagon is developing a prototype database to seek "patterns indicative of terrorist activity." Aldridge said the database would collect and use software to analyze consumer purchases in hopes of catching terrorists before it’s too late.Domestic Military Role Under Review Homeland security chief Tom Ridge says the threat of terrorism may force government planners to consider using the military for domestic law enforcement, now largely prohibited by federal law.Executive power grab on tap at White House? With Congress hotly debating whether to grant sweeping police powers to federal law enforcement agencies in the name of combating terrorism, two attorneys who have studied presidential directives in depth are concerned that civil liberties will take a beating from the executive branch as well as the legislative – and no one would realize it until it was too late.Soldiers to defend U.S. borders U.S. soldiers will be sent to protect America’s borders for a brief amount of time as part of the Bush administration’s new homeland defense strategy, the Associated Press reported Feb. 1, citing Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.Eyeing What You Read The December 25 issue of Capital Times, a newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin, contains a warning about how the FBI, under Attorney General John Ashcroft and the USA Patriot Act, can order bookstores to provide lists of books bought by people suspected of involvement in terrorism.Court to Hear Case Affecting Scope of Searches The Supreme Court agreed today to hear a case about police power to search passengers on public transportation, a case the Bush administration says applies to the war on terrorism.
Bush Team Seeks Broader Surveillance Powers
The Bush administration is asking Congress for a second major expansion of federal surveillance powers that legal experts say would radically change laws that have long protected the rights of Americans.FBI software cracks encryption wall MAGIC LANTERN installs so-called “keylogging” software on a suspect’s machine that is capable of capturing keystrokes typed on a computer. By tracking exactly what a suspect types, critical encryption key information can be gathered, and then transmitted back to the FBI, according to the source, who requested anonymity.‘Lantern’ Backdoor Flap Rages Network Associates has been snared in a web of accusations over whether it will place backdoors for the U.S. government in its security software.FBI ‘Fesses Up to Net Spy App An FBI spokesman confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. government is working on a controversial Internet spying technology, code-named "Magic Lantern," which could be used to eavesdrop on computer communications by suspected criminals.Terror Act Has Lasting Effects Legislators who sent a sweeping anti-terrorism bill to President Bush this week proudly say that the most controversial surveillance sections will expire in 2005.Terror Law Foes Mull Strategies Will the FBI be able to keep its brand new set of eavesdropping and surveillance powers? |
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