Judge Revisits Warrantless Eavesdropping
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 4th, 2009 4:31 am by HL
Judge Revisits Warrantless Eavesdropping
A federal judge yesterday declined to penalize Justice Department lawyers for flouting his orders in a sensitive electronic surveillance case where the Obama administration sided with its predecessors to the alarm of civil liberties groups.
Bernanke Presses For Fiscal Restraint
The nation needs to begin planning now to eventually bring taxes and spending in line, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said yesterday, arguing that large budget deficits, if sustained, could deepen the financial crisis and choke off the economy.
SEC Chief Strives To Rebuild Regulator
On the morning of Feb. 4, the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro, sat in a confidential meeting reviewing financial crime cases when an assistant handed her a note. Schapiro read it and then asked everyone in the room to leave, except for her fellow commissioners and…