The incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials to see whether they broke the law in the name of national security, a House Democratic report said Tuesday. President-elect Barack Obama has been more cautious on the issue and has not endorsed such a recommendation. ...more

January 13, 2009

A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce White House memos that provide the legal basis for the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 warrantless wiretapping program. ...more

November 2, 2008

The House, in an overwhelming bipartisan vote, approved a sweeping surveillance law Friday that extends the government's eavesdropping capability and effectively shields telecommunications companies from being sued for cooperating with the Bush administration's warrantless wiretapping program. ...more

June 21, 2008

After a yearlong battle over U.S. wiretapping laws, House and Senate leaders announced a compromise Thursday on legislation to expand the government's eavesdropping authorities and protect telephone companies that cooperate from being sued. ...more

June 20, 2008

With a government eavesdropping law about to expire, Washington is awash in accusations over who's to blame. ...more

February 16, 2008

Once again, politics is rearing its ugly and menacing head in the arena of national security. ...more

February 15, 2008

In a day of political brinkmanship, President Bush pressured the House on Thursday to finish a bill giving the government more leeway to eavesdrop on phone calls and e-mails of suspected terrorists. ...more

February 15, 2008

The Senate Tuesday approved new government eavesdropping rules on phone calls and e-mail, giving the White House much of the latitude it wanted and legal immunity to telecommunications companies that helped in snooping after the Sept. 11 attacks. ...more

February 13, 2008

Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time. ...more

January 11, 2008

Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. ...more

September 27, 2007