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Domestic wiretapping, Sylvia Engdahl, book editor

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-238) and index

index present

non fiction

Domestic wiretapping

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Sylvia Engdahl, book editor

Current controversies

Are the wiretapping provisions of the Patriot Act necessary? Investigators need to use the same tools against terrorists as against other criminals / George W. Bush ; The Patriot Act gives investigators tools for fighting in the 21st century / Alberto Gonzales ; The Patriot Act extends existing wiretap powers to investigation of terrorism / Michael Sullivan ; Tracking phone calls allows investigators to link conspirators / Mary Beth Buchanan ; The Patriot Act was crucial in preventing a potential attack / Terence P. Jeffrey ; The Patriot Act does not contain enough safeguards against mistakes / Bob Barr ; The Patriot Act should be amended to respect Fourth Amendment rights / Anita Ramasastry ; Roving wiretaps should have sensible privacy safeguards / Gregory T. Nojeim and Timothy H. Edgar-- Was National Security Agency (NSA) wiretapping without warrants legal? Presidents can order wiretapping for foreign intelligence purposes / John Schmidt ; Claims made by opponents of the NSA wiretapping program are untrue / U.S. Department of Justice ; Congress cannot limit a president's constitutional powers / Andrew C. McCarthy ; The NSA wiretapping ordered by the president was not unconstitutional / Wall Street Journal ; The president of the United States has broken the law / Russ Feingold ; Wiretapping without warrants was not authorized by Congress / Patrick Leahy ; Arguments for the legality of the NSA spying program are myths / David Cole ; Illegal NSA spying takes resources away from critical investigations / Ira Winkler -- Should the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) be modernized? Overview : Congress is debating whether to make permanent changes to the FISA / Tom A. Peter ; The best way to end the debate about NSA wiretapping is to amend the FISA / Richard A. Posner ; The FISA is not compatible with technological change / Kenneth L. Wainstein ; The FISA is not adequate to meet the current threat / K. A. Taipale ; The proposed amendment to the FISA would pardon telecommunications companies that broke the law / Caroline Frederickson ; The proposed amendment to the FISA would deprive Americans of the right to communicate privately / Kevin S. Bankston ; New technologies demand stronger, not weaker, privacy protection / James X. Dempsey-- How are new technologies affecting domestic wiretapping? The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) modernizes wiretapping / Leslie Ellis ; Wiretapping could stifle Internet phone technology / Dean Takahashi ; Can the government track cell phones without showing probable cause? / Scott Cameron ; The NSA is using unperfected technology in domestic surveillance / Shane Harris

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