Warrantless-Wiretapping

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 …

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Bush Authorizes NSA STELLARWIND Warrantless Surveillance Program

2001-10-04 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

President Bush signed presidential authorization for warrantless surveillance program bypassing FISA courts on October 4, 2001. Created by Dick Cheney, the NSA STELLARWIND program was classified as ’exceptionally controlled information’ and collected phone and internet metadata on …

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