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Feds take porn fight to Google

January 19, 2006 Bush administration subpoenas records of all searches over one week as it defends disputed antiporn law. Document: Google subpoenaed over pornography TAGS: subpoena, Child Online Protection Act, Bush Administration, porn, search engine, Google Inc., request, government, Yahoo! Inc., law, attorney, America Online Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Bush administration objects to .xxx domains

August 15, 2005 Commerce Department raises concerns about a virtual red-light district for pornographers and asks that the process be halted. TAGS: domain, porn, Bush Administration, concern, government, letter, e-mail

AT&T sued over NSA spy program

January 31, 2006 Civil liberties group files class action lawsuit claiming AT&T illegally opened its network to the National Security Agency. TAGS: NSA, AT&T Corp., secret, surveillance, Bush Administration, privilege, telecommunications, lawsuit, class action, government, worker

Vote on .xxx pushed back a month

August 17, 2005 Bowing to Bush administration pressure, the nonprofit group overseeing domain names delays a vote on a new suffix reserved for porn. TAGS: suffix, porn, domain name, Bush Administration, vote, domain, government, creation, chairman, letter, e-mail

Feds' tech budgets may hinge on cybersecurity prowess

February 7, 2007 Bush administration's top IT official says she's counting on agencies to fix flaws before eating up more dollars to build new systems. TAGS: cybersecurity, agency, Bush Administration, president, government, dollar, information technology

Federal judge orders halt to NSA spy program

August 17, 2006 Authorized yet warrantless surveillance is ruled unconstitutional, but gets a stay of execution. TAGS: Bush Administration, federal judge, NSA, stay, government, decision, president, power, opinion

Spy czar urges extension of warrantless-wiretap law

September 18, 2007 Many Democrats say there are too many unanswered questions about the scope of the Bush administration's surveillance activities. TAGS: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, warrant, foreigner, Bush Administration, Democrat, law, telephone call, government, U.S., Republican, e-mail

Appeals court dismisses suit against NSA spy program

July 6, 2007 Bush administration praises ruling, but Supreme Court appeal may be in future for plaintiffs who say they were illegally monitored. TAGS: NSA, plaintiff, legality, Bush Administration, government, decision, AT&T Corp.

Power grab could split the Net

October 3, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says a spat over who rules the domains could lead to a Balkanized Internet. TAGS: U.N., domain, Bush Administration, server, U.S., address, government, database

Appeals court may let NSA lawsuits proceed

August 15, 2007 Panel peppers government attorneys with sharp questions and suggests that two cases alleging illegal surveillance may be allowed to continue. TAGS: NSA, attorney, surveillance, lawsuit, AT&T Corp., Judge, secret, Bush Administration, San Francisco, government, document

Attorney general: NSA spy program to be reformed

January 17, 2007 Alberto Gonzales said the controversial domestic surveillance program will now be overseen by a secret court in Washington. TAGS: NSA, Bush Administration, federal judge, court, attorney general, announcement, lawsuit, terrorism, letter, government, AT&T Corp., Adobe PDF

GOP skepticism over NSA program widens

May 15, 2006 A New Hampshire senator questions whether feds should use resources to assemble vast databases of Americans' phone calls. TAGS: John Sununu, NSA, federal government, data mining, New Hampshire, Sen., Bush Administration, senator, Republican, government, activity, database

This week in Google

January 20, 2006 Federal prosecutors defending a Net porn law try to force Google to hand over millions of search records. TAGS: Child Online Protection Act, federal prosecutor, Google Inc., government, law, Bush Administration, request, search engine, e-mail

Week in review: Google, the defiant one

January 20, 2006 Search giant rejects demand to turn over millions of search records related to federal defense of a Net porn law. TAGS: Child Online Protection Act, Week in review, Google Inc., government, Bush Administration, law, request, search engine, e-mail

Tech firms back Bush Net effort

November 4, 2005 Google, Microsoft, IBM and others show support for Bush administration's defense of the Internet status quo. TAGS: U.N., Cisco Systems Inc., firm, government, Bush Administration, nation, domain name, U.S., California, Google Inc., IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

E-mail a factor in case against former Bush official

May 24, 2006 During opening of David Safavian's trial, prosecutors say messages will prove he lied about links to Jack Abramoff. TAGS: Jack Abramoff, lobbyist, procurement, attorney, Scotland, trip, government, Bush Administration, Bill Gates, trial, e-mail
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