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05 February 2008 -- The National Cryptologic Museum opened a new exhibit entitled, “Looking for a Sign: Hobo Communication in the Depression.” In the world of cryptology, few know of the secret signs used by hobos during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The new, interactive, exhibit presents many of the various symbols used by the hobos to send messages to other itinerant workers who would pass through the same location at a later time. Signs communicated everything from places to avoid to good spots to hop a train.    » read more »

Legislation would require an Inspector General of the Administration’s warrantless wiretapping program

January 24, 2008 -- (As Prepared for Delivery)    » read more »

14 November 2007 -- The U.S. Justice Department is reopening an investigation into the Bush administration's domestic surveillance program, marking a major reversal in policy under new Attorney General Michael Mukasey.

The probe will focus on the conduct of Justice Department lawyers in approving the program, which allows the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on the e-mail and telephone conversations of Americans without getting prior approval from a special court.    » read more »

WASHINGTON (Wednesday, August 8) – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Wednesday set a final date for an extension given to the Administration to respond to subpoena relating to warrantless wiretapping issues. The August 20 deadline sets a final date of an extension that offered the White House and the Vice President’s office nearly an additional month to respond to committee subpoenas.    » read more »

Washington, DC, 7/28/2007 - The American Civil Liberties Union is responding to President George W. call for the gutting of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. These remarks can be attributed to Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union:    » read more »