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9/11 Terrorist Attacks
A series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the U.S. -
NSA Resurfaces 1999 Plan to Enhance Domestic Spying
The NSA began its fight against terrorism domestically. Using ideas from the 1999 plan, the NSA plans to use the data collected from citizen's personal media to collect intel. -
Bush Signs Order Beginning NSA's Domestic Spying Program
President Bush signed off on a secret eavesdropping operation so sensitive that even many of the country's senior national security officials were unaware of it. -
Congress Cancels "Total Info Awareness" Surveillance Program
Total information awareness surveillance program was shut down by Congress today as the Senate passed and sent to President Bush a $368 billion military measure that eliminates money for it. -
President Bush Confirms Existence of NSA Spying
President Bush confirmed the existence of the security agency's domestic intelligence collection program and defends it. -
Order Authorizing Mass Collection of Calling Records Renewed
The FISA Court renews section 215 order to collect Americans' calling records. -
FISA Court Judge, Bates, Finds Some of NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional
FISA found that surveillance conducted by the NSA under the FISA Amendments Act was unconstitutional. -
Government Refuses to Estimate How Many Americans Have Been Spied on
Citing privacy violations, the surveillance experts at the National Security Agency won’t tell how many Americans, including U.S. Senators have had their communications picked up. -
Director of National Intelligence Clapper Confirms NSA Conducted Warrantless Searches of Information
The NSA has used Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to justify large collection of emails and phone calls. -
NSA Ordered to Stop Collecting, Querying Plaintiffs' Phone Records in Klayman v. Obama
Judge Richard Leon orders the NSA to cease collecting the telephone records of an individual and his business, and further orders the NSA to segregate any records that have already been collected so that they are not reviewed when the NSA’s telephone records database is queried.
