- Mon Feb 10 2003 Perspective: Ashcroft's worrisome spy plans
CNET News.com's Washington watcher Declan McCullagh says Attorney General John Ashcroft wants even more power to snoop on the Internet, spy on private conversations and install secret microphones, spyware and keystroke loggers.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Mon Mar 8 2004 Ashcroft's new Internet antiporn gambit
CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh explains why the U.S. attorney general's office is about to step up its prosecution of anyone violating federal Internet obscenity statutes.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Wed Aug 20 2003 Ashcroft stumps for Patriot Act
The attorney general embarks on an unusual nationwide tour to drum up support for the controversial USA Patriot Act.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Tue Mar 21 2006 Ashcroft firm lobbies for tech titans
eBay, Oracle among companies using former U.S. top cop John Ashcroft as a hired gun.
Posted by Dawn Kawamoto
- Thu Jan 29 2004 Ashcroft says surveillance powers should stand
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft is warning Congress not to tinker with the Internet surveillance powers that the USA Patriot Act awarded to federal police.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Tue Nov 9 2004 Ashcroft resigns attorney general's post
His controversial tenure as top cop was marked by the revised Patriot Act and additional Internet surveillance.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Wed Mar 31 2004 Ashcroft creates task force for copyright violations
The U.S. Justice Department creates a task force to evaluate prosecutions of copyright violations, including Internet piracy.
Posted by Declan McCullagh
- Wed Jul 21 2004 Feeling secure? Not John Thompson
Symantec's CEO articulates his concerns about the state of cybersecurity and the things that still aren't getting done.
Posted by Robert Lemos and Dawn Kawamoto
- Tue Aug 15 2000 Court limits federal wiretapping powers
A federal judge in Washington blocks the expansion of federal wiretapping powers, saying the proposed laws threatened individual privacy.
Posted by John Borland
- Wed Jan 10 2007 Senators pledge scrutiny of federal data mining
Calling oversight of hundreds of oft-secret programs long overdue, Democrats say they'll reintroduce bills to monitor those projects.
Posted by Anne Broache
Daily Debrief: Cyber privacy in an Obama USA 
