U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who signed an order requiring Verizon to give the National Security Agency telephone records for tens of millions of American customers, attended an expense-paid judicial seminar sponsored by a libertarian think tank that featured lectures from a vocal proponent of executive branch powers. Read more»

The US Senate approved FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Friday, reauthorizing the Bush era's warrantless wiretapping. Read more»