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Google Challenges FISA Gag Orders on Free Speech Grounds
Google filed a legal challenge today against gag orders that come with the FISA court orders it receives from the FBI and NSA, on grounds that the silence orders impinge on the company's First...Verizon Breaks Silence on Top-Secret Surveillance of Its Customers
Verizon responded to allegations that the telecom was served with a top-secret court order demanding it provide the FBI and the NSA with customer call records continuously, and in bulk, saying it respects "customers'...LulzSec Hackers Sentenced to Prison by London Court
Four leading hackers from LulzSec, an offshoot of Anonymous, were sentenced today to between two and two-and-a-half years in prison in London for their roles in hacking Sony and a series of other targets...Obama Administration Secretly Obtains Phone Records of AP Journalists
The Department of Justice secretly obtained phone records for reporters and editors who work for the Associated Press news agency, including records for the home phones and cell phones of individual journalists, apparently in...Anti-Piracy Chief Pleads Guilty to Drug Trafficking
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