There is a great deal of commentary, some of it hysterical, about a short memo authored by Republican staffers on the House Intelligence Committee under the direction of Chairman Devin Nunes (R., Calif.). The memo is said to be about Obama-era abuses of the executive branch’s surveillance authorities under federal law — specifically, the Foreign […]
Nunes FISA Memo Outcry Overblown. Let’s See What He’s Got by Andrew McCarthy…
Obama’s UN Ambassador Sought to Unmask Americans on Nearly Daily Basis…
Samantha Power, the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, was ‘unmasking’ at such a rapid pace in the final months of the Obama administration that she averaged more than one request for every working day in 2016 – and even sought information in the days leading up to President Trump’s inauguration, multiple sources…
CNN: Rice Unmasked Trump Team Because Obama Was Offended by UAE Crown Prince Visit to NY…
For the better part of a year now Americans have speculated over precisely what pressing national security issue may have prompted the Obama administration to take the extreme measure of unmasking the names of Trump officials captured in foreign intelligence reports…you know, because bypassing the typical warrant…
Newly Declassified Memos Detail Extent of Improper Obama-Era NSA Spying…
The National Security Agency and FBI violated specific civil liberty protections during the Obama administration by improperly searching and disseminating raw intelligence on Americans or failing to promptly delete unauthorized intercepts, according to newly declassified memos that provide some of the richest detail to date on the spy agencies’ ability to obey their own rules. […]
Declassified Memos Show FBI Illegally Shared Spy Data on Americans with Private Parties…
The FBI has illegally shared raw intelligence about Americans with unauthorized third parties and violated other constitutional privacy protections, according to newly declassified government documents that undercut the bureau’s public assurances about how carefully it handles warrantless spy data to avoid abuses or leaks. In his final congressional testimony before he was fired by President […]
Obama Intel Agency Secretly Conducted Illegal Searches on Americans for Years…
The National Security Agency under former President Barack Obama routinely violated American privacy protections while scouring through overseas intercepts and failed to disclose the extent of the problems until the final days before Donald Trump was elected president last fall, according to once top-secret documents that chronicle some of the most serious constitutional abuses to […]
How John Brennan’s CIA Became a Big Consumer of Unmasked Intelligence on Americans…
As former CIA Director John Brennan faces Congress anew on Tuesday, there is growing evidence the agency he oversaw has become one of the largest consumers of unmasked intelligence about Americans even though its charter prohibits it from spying on U.S. citizens. The CIA routinely searches data collected overseas on Americans by the National Security […]
Obama Justice Department Obtained Secret Order to Monitor Trump Campaign Adviser in June 2016…
The secret order allowed the government under the Obama administration to monitor the communications of the adviser, Carter Page, as part of an investigation into potential links between Russia and the Trump administration. Trump tweeted on March 4 that he had his “wires tapped in Trump Tower” during the campaign, for which critics bashed Trump, […]
Yes, A Call From A Member’s Office Was Intercepted by Dennis Kucinich…
Dear Colleague, I have evidence that a telephone conversation, which took place in my congressional office in the spring of 2011, regarding an issue before the Congress of an urgent matter of international importance, was intercepted. I had been working to stop an illegal attack on Libya, without congressional authorization, using the War Powers Act […]