Terrorist Surveillance Program
Events (25)
- September 13, 2001: Hayden Tells NSA Agency Must Do More to Protect US from Terrorist Attacks 2001-09-13
- October 1, 2001: Hayden Briefs Intelligence Committee, Does Not Mention Wiretapping Program 2001-10-01
- January 9, 2002: Justice Department Sends Memo Regarding Review of Terrorist Surveillance Program 2002-01-09
- March 10, 2004: Cheney Briefs ‘Gang of Eight’ Congressional Leaders on Warrantless Wiretapping Program; Reportedly Misleads Them 2004-03-10
- March 30, 2004: Justice Department Considers Terrorist Surveillance Program 2004-03-30
- January 23, 2006: Hayden Claims NSA Wiretapping Program Authorized by White House 2006-01-23
- May 11, 2006: Bush Claims NSA Wiretapping Program Only Targets Terrorist Suspects 2006-05-11
- April 27, 2007: Goldsmith Subpoenaed in New York Times Wiretapping Leak Case 2007-04-27
- May 16, 2007: Senators Accuse Gonzales of Misrepresenting Debate Over NSA Wiretapping Program 2007-05-16
- July 24, 2007: Democrats Dispute Gonzales’s Testimony about March 2004 Briefing 2007-07-24
- July 26, 2007: Mueller’s Testimony Contradicts Gonzales’s 2007-07-26
- July 31, 2007: Director of National Intelligence Acknowledges Other Secret Surveillance Programs 2007-07-31
- August 5, 2007: Protect America Act Becomes Law, Gives Government Broad New Surveillance Powers 2007-08-05
- August 6, 2007: Journalist Says Protect America Act Gives Government Capability to Create ‘Possibly Permanent Spying Outposts’ 2007-08-06
- October 2, 2007: Goldsmith Testifies about Controversy over Wiretapping Program 2007-10-02
- October 2, 2007: Goldsmith Testifies that Bush Sent White House Aides to Pressure Ashcroft 2007-10-02
- October 16, 2007: Democrats Urge Bush to Withdraw Bradbury From Consideration as Office of Legal Counsel Chief 2007-10-16
- November 16, 2007: Courts Uphold ‘State Secrets’ Privilege in Illegal Wiretapping Case 2007-11-16
- April 2, 2008: ACLU Learns of Justice Department’s 2001 Dismissal of Fourth Amendment 2008-04-02
- November 2, 2008: Court Orders Justice Department to Turn Over Legal Documents Relating to NSA Wiretapping Program 2008-11-02
- October 2001: NSA Creates Massive Database of US Citizens’ Phone Calls
- Mid-2007: ’Catch 22’ Likely to Stop All but One of the Lawsuits against NSA Wiretapping Program
- Late 2002-Early 2003: AT&T Constructs Secret Surveillance Facility in Main Operations Center
- January 2003: NSA Constructs ‘Secret Rooms’ for Wiretapping US Citizens in AT&T Switching Centers
- 2006: Telecommunications Committee Facilitates NSA’s Domestic Wiretapping Program