Before their summer recess, Congress gave Bush even broader spying powers. Now it looks like those powers might include warrantless physical searches on U.S. soil.

And why did some Democrats go along, allowing this to pass? Well, according to one citizen who wondered that very thing to their senator:

In brief, it appears that being called “ ( Read more... )

Via the San Francisco Chronicle: AT&T to customers: We PWN you.

AT&T has issued an updated privacy policy that takes effect Friday ( Read more... )

This is from Sploid, a Drudge-like tabloid blog run by the Gawker people, so it could be total bullshit. But somehow, this doesn't seem too far-fetched to me.
NSA now spying on MySpace

Not content to illegally collect the telephone records of American citizens, the government's National Security Agency is now targeting "social network" computer ( Read more... )