Memo Shows NSA Secret Rules for Accessing US Data Without Warrants
Secret court judges not serving as the check on power, it doesn't appear
FISA
Documents Show Few Safeguards Are Provided by Surveillance Court Review
Rubber stamps aren't safeguards
Google Fighting to Lift FISA Court Gag Orders
Challenging on First Amendment grounds to release number of people affected
Surveillance Court Rules That EFF Case Can Proceed
A rare win before the secretive court
FISA Court Surveillance Rejections Extremely Rare
Only .03 percent of requests have been turned down
Daniel Ellsberg on Edward Snowden: "There Has Not Been in American History a More Important Leak"
He's counting the Pentagon Papers.
Our Open Surveillance 'Debate': DOJ Wants to Block Release of Secret Court Opinion
That didn't take long at all
Rand Paul: NSA Phone Records Grab an 'Astounding Assault on the Constitution'
Says Obama Administration has "sunk to a new low"
Author of PATRIOT Act Calls NSA Phone Tracking Excessive
The kind of abuse he was worried about
NSA's Phone Records Spying Specifically Targeted Americans
In at least one case, foreigners were excluded
Senators: Verizon Monitoring "Nothing New"
Funny, because they struck down a FISA amendment last year to let Americans know how widespread it was
