Stellar-Wind

Bush Authorizes NSA Warrantless Surveillance Program

2001-10-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

President George W. Bush signed a secret executive order authorizing the National Security Agency (NSA) to conduct warrantless surveillance of American citizens’ communications, codenamed ‘Stellar Wind’. This program systematically bypassed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

George W. Bush Michael Hayden NSA Alberto Gonzales Jack Goldsmith +1 more permanent-constitutional-transformation constitutional-bypass-mechanisms systematic-accountability-destruction stellar-wind executive-immunity-infrastructure +6 more

Bush Authorizes NSA Stellar Wind Program Bypassing FISA Court

2001-10-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

President George W. Bush authorized the NSA’s Stellar Wind warrantless domestic surveillance program, completely bypassing FISA court oversight in a fundamental alteration of constitutional checks and balances. The program allowed the NSA to collect phone metadata and internet communications …

George W. Bush Michael Hayden NSA Dick Cheney David Addington +3 more surveillance nsa stellar-wind fisa-bypass constitutional-crisis +3 more