Year in Review: Privacy and Surveillance


This year, politicians talked a lot about privacy and surveillance but failed to do much of anything about it.

Gonzales: NSA may tap 'ordinary' Americans' e-mail
During Senate hearing, attorney general declines to offer reassurances about a secret surveillance program.
February 6, 2006


Judge: Google must give feds limited access to records
Privacy-aware ruling says search giant must turn over a swath of indexed URLs--but not users' queries.
March 17, 2006


Special report: Silicon Money
CNET News.com chronicles the dramatic increase in tech industry lobbying while highlighting big spenders.
March 27, 2006


Appeals court upholds Net-wiretapping rules
Bush administration's Net surveillance plans receive boost from appeals court, which refused to overturn rules.
June 9, 2006


Feds appeal loss in NSA wiretap case
Bush administration asks the 9th Circuit to halt a lawsuit that accuses AT&T of illegally opening its network to the NSA.
July 31, 2006


AOL's disturbing glimpse into users' lives
Release of three-month search histories of about 650,000 users provides rare glimpse into their private lives.
August 7, 2006


RFID passports arrive for Americans
State Department to begin handing out RFID-equipped passports despite lingering security, privacy concerns.
August 14, 2006


Post-9/11 antiterror technology: A report card
As September 11 nears, News.com examines five useful ways of improving security--and five that should raise eyebrows.
September 7, 2006


Post-9/11 privacy and secrecy: A report card
Since September 11, the federal government has been trying to learn more about us, while keeping us from knowing what it's doing. Is this wise?
September 8, 2006


FBI director wants ISPs to track users
Robert Mueller becomes latest Bush administration official to call for ISPs to store customers' data.
October 17, 2006


Technology voter guide 2006: Rating politicians
How did U.S. politicians vote on tech-related proposals? Find out by clicking on a state, then on a name.
November 2, 2006


FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool
Agency used novel surveillance technique on alleged Mafioso: activating his cell phone's microphone and then just listening.
December 1, 2006


Bush's privacy watchdogs make public debut
At first public meeting, White House panel hears from civil-liberties advocates but sheds little light on supposed watchdog role.
December 5, 2006


Congress and tech: Little to show
Lawmakers made a lot of noise over MySpace, China and Net neutrality, but tech-related laws were hard to come by.
December 11, 2006


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