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The question of the legality of the warrantless wiretapping program under President Bush sparked intense debate within the administration, but in the end, the program yielded "limited" results, according to a new report. The internal watchdogs for several intelligence branches have handed a report to Congress describing in detail the debate over the terrorist surveillance program, as well as its aftermath. The program was developed in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, as part of the government's war on terror. Assessments of the program, part of what was called the President's Surveillance Program (PSP), found that while it was generally considered "useful," it was in some cases not used to its full potential. "Although PSP-derived information had value in some counter-terrorism investigations, it generally played a limited role in the FBI's overall counter-terrorism efforts. The reasons for this conclusion are classified," the report said, citing the conclusion of t...
The House voted to strengthen court oversight of the government's surveillance of terrorist suspects but stopped short of providing legal immunity to telecommunicati...
Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday called for "strong and robust" presidential powers, saying executive authority was eroded during the Watergate and Vietnam eras...
A federal appeals court panel in Seattle will consider Wednesday whether to revive two cases claiming the government has monitored the communications of millions of ...
Pens controversial New York Times op-ed
Two federal judges are taking seats on the secretive special court that oversees warrants for government surveillance in spy and terrorism cases.Chief Justice John R...
Since the 2001 terror attacks, Attorney General John Ashcroft has approved more than 170 emergency domestic spying warrants, triple the number used in the previous 2...
A secret appellate court has met for the first time in its 24-year history to consider a request from the Justice Department for more power to wiretap suspected terr...
John Roberts examines Big Data's impact on Americans' liberty, privacy
Former U.S. attorney general on response to attack
House Democrats are hoping changes they made to a bill to expand court oversight of government surveillance inside the United States will find enough to support to w...
Boston bombings cloud immigration moves. Senator Reid agrees on potential Obamacare 'train wreck'. Plus - latest Obama nominees.
A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor conversations of fo...
WASHINGTON -- A former Bush administration lawyer under pressure for his legal memos justifying spying with warrantless wiretaps defended the program in an essay pub...
The Supreme Court won't make the super-secret National Security Agency divulge whether it has records of the warrantless wiretapping it did of lawyers representing G...
Stossel looks at crony capitalism and monopolies that government picks as the 'chosen' ones
The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that will overhaul rules on terrorist surveillance while giving the Bush administration a win it had sought for months: legal...
The Senate Intelligence Committee voted Thursday to strengthen court oversight of government surveillance while protecting telecommunications companies from civil la...
For the second time in as many weeks House Republicans again forced Democrats on Thursday to pull a non-controversial bill from the House floor.The rules are written...
The use of warrantless wiretaps on American citizens was never discussed when Congress authorized the White House to use force against Al Qaeda after the Sept. 11 at...
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