Analysis & Commentary
Privacy & Profiling
At the NSA, the Enemy is Us
President Bush famously said that his administration took the battle overseas so that we would not need to fight the war at home. Revelations about the NSA’s warrantless domestic spying suggest that this formulation has the administration’s logic backward: The authority to conduct war elsewhere has been treated as permission to bring the tools of war back home.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 03/02/06
Seeking Truth On Wiretaps
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies today to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the National Security Agency’s warrantless spying on Americans at home. The American public has heard a great deal from the Bush administration about its power and the looming terrorist threat. Today, Gonzales is likely to hum more bars of the same tune.
Authored by: Aziz Huq
– 02/06/06