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Google Working Closely With Intelligence Agencies

The major intelligence agencies in the U.S. have turned to Google to help them better share and process information they have on security threats.

No Wiretapping Immunity For Telecoms

The gauntlet has been laid down for the White House to pick up and veto a House bill that does not provide retroactive immunity for lawbreaking telecoms that wiretapped without warrants. If AT&T and other big telcos fed the National Security Agency a stream of data pilfered from switching rooms, it may come out in court. However, President Bush has promised to veto any bill that lacks immunity for the telcos.

EFF Reminds AT&T What It Said The First Time

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent a reminder to AT&T (and the rest of us) that at one time the company resisted government pressure to spy on US citizens, and even publicized it.

French Fear The Blackberry

Since servers for the addictive Blackberry wireless mail service reside in places like the United States, some government workers in France have been told to eschew using those devices.

NSA Eyes Social Networking Sites

It was revealed last month that the National Security Agency has been tracking the phone calls of millions of Americans.

Telco Rollover Wins Verizon $50 Billion Lawsuit

Is this what they meant by "rollover minutes?" Verizon was slapped with a lawsuit for up to $50 billion last week over its involvement in supplying the National Security Agency (NSA) with customer phone records.

Qwest Told NSA To Bug Off

Requests for access to customer calls received the brushoff from Qwest's former CEO, and the blogosphere has turned the beleaguered telecom into something of a hero.

What Am I Going to Do with 403 links?

I'm a big social bookmarker, perhaps too big. As I was looking at my account yesterday, I realize I have 403 links bookmarked at BlinkList.

Congress: NSA Requests? Yahoo: No Comment

During the Congressional smackdown on search engine companies over their business practices in China, one Congressman raised the issue of surveillance with Yahoo.

NSA Wiretaps, MySpace, and Virtual Surveillance

Earlier this week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales faced questioning from the Senate Judiciary Committee, in regards to legitimacy of the Bush Administration's NSA wiretapping surveillance program.