fix articles 119962, telecom
analysis of current unrest in the Ukraine
Information Freedom from 2600 to 2012 (tags)
Need some assistance on outlining the developing movement for communication freedom.
Congressional Anti-Internet Freedom Bills (tags)
Internet
Obama’s DOJ follows lead of Bush regime again: It asks court to cover-up NSA surveillance (tags)
On February 25th, Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ) again went to bat in court on behalf of the police state begun under the Bush regime by arguing in favor of the legality of the telecom immunity provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) bill passed by Congress last summer. Under the amended FISA law, courts are required to dismiss a wiretapping suit against a telecommunications company if the Attorney General (AG) explains the firm's role in a confidential statement presented to the court. In the statement, the AG would affirm that the firm either had no role in the wiretapping or that it participated based on assurances that the executive branch had approved the eavesdropping to protect the nation from terrorism.
Should TELECOMS pay “Your Legal Defense Costs” to fight NSA Illegal-Wiretap Evidence? (tags)
Perhaps the only thing that has stopped government from broadly using “illegal telecom assisted wiretap evidence” against ordinary Citizens is that Telecoms don’t have immunity from being sued by charged criminal and civil asset forfeiture defendants.
Phone Company Double Speak Allows Surveillance (tags)
department of homeland security is simply the melding of corrupt mexican/south american law enforcement with the bush drone/surveillance machine; its agents on the payroll around the country are putting spy devices on their neighbors for a few federal reserve dollars and using this as rationale to declare they are WORKING for the government and are not a white welfare state....nm governor cooperating with this byzantine corruption, using it to harass political opponents and activists, and to hide identities of people for various reasons....
Protest Telecom Rip-offs (tags)
CPUC Decision Leaves Consumers Unprotected, Community Representatives To Protest Upcoming Vote
Critics Claim FCC Ruling Creates 'Duopoly' (tags)
Bush administration enriches corporate fat cats again.
When Telco Pricing Info Dries Up (tags)
Beastly phone companies hide rate increases.