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Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts
NY Times The news of secret government surveillance is revealed to the public, causing a change in feeling towards the current United States president, George W. Bush. -
NSA has massive database of Americans' phone calls
USA Today It is revealed that the NSA had secretly been collecting phone call records from millions of Americans since 2001, shortly after the September 11 attacks. Although it was originally perceived that phone calls between the United States and international countries were the only ones recorded, it was found that this was not the case. -
Bush Signs Law to Widen Reach for Wiretapping
NY Times President Bush signed a law that would broadly expand the government's ability to tune into phone calls both internationally and inside the United States. It esentially legalized the previously illegal NSA program. -
The Dangers of Surveillance: Harvard Law Review
Harvard Law Review Neil M. Richards writes that the warnings of surveillance are no longer fictional. Although surveillance programs violate written laws, they cannot be challenged until they are proven to exist. These programs actively infringe on the privacy of citizens and overall are harmful to society. -
Edward Snowden leaks info on NSA surveillance data
NY Times Ed Snowden, a 29 year-old ex-worker for the CIA, leaks a large amount of information about NSA surveillance to the public through a 12 minute interview with Glenn Greenwald. -
U.S. government moves to block further litigation in NSA surveillance cases
PC World The United States government continues to stop judicial reviews from going through. Even if the surveillance programs are unlawful, as long as the government continues to block litigation of these programs, they will continue to exist freely and remain a danger to a society that was once much less public.
