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Obama administration - national security and secrecy: reference links


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Domestic Surveillance and National Security:

"FBI and States Vastly Expand DNA Databases," is by Solomon Moore at The New York Times (4/18/09).

"Role of Bush NSA Plan Under Review," is by Ellen Nakashima at the Washington Post (4/17/09).

"The 6-Month Review," is by emptywheel (4/16/09). Re warrantless wiretapping.

"Head of Senate Panel Calls For Hearing on Wiretaps," is by Eric Lichtblau and James Risen at The New York Times (4/16/09).

"Feingold: NYT Report Shows We Need to Fix Wiretapping Laws," is by Zachary Roth at TPM Muckraker (4/16/09). Also, "Report: NSA Tried to Wiretap Member of Congress," (4/16/09).

"The NYT predictable revelation:new FISA law enabled massive abuses," is by Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com (4/16/09).

"Documents: FBI Spyware Has Been Snaring Extortionists, Hackers for Years," is by Kevin Poulson at Wired- Threat Level (4/16/09).

"Lichtblau and Risen Report Wiretapping of Americans ... Again," is by emptywheel (4/15/09). NYT story.

"Did Holder Know About the 'Significant Misconduct' When DOJ Claimed Sovereign Immunity," is by emptywheel (4/15/09).

"Fusion Centers: Listen to us Already," is by Amanda Simon at the ACLU Blog of Rights (4/8/09).

"Credit Where Due: Keith Olbermann Edition," is by bmaz at emptywheel (4/8/09). Regards Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act lawsuit by EEF.

"Roslyn Mazer to be ODNI Inspector General," is by Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News (4/6/09).

"IG Report Blasts the Director of National Intelligence," is by Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News (4/2/09). Report: November 2008.

"What the Scope of the IG Report on Warrantless Wiretapping Tells Us," is by emptywheel (3/31/09).

"President's Intel Advisor Board Members All Resigned," is by Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News (3/17/09).


Government Secrecy:

"An emerging progressive consensus on Obama's executive power and secrecy abuses," is by Glenn Greenwald at Salon.com (4/13/09).

"Courts Pay Attention to New FOIA Policy," is by Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News (3/26/09).

"A Test of the New FOIA Policy," is by Steven Aftergood at Secrecy News (3/24/09).

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