- Wed May 3 2006 Backer of ISP snooping slams industry
Congresswoman expresses frustration with ISPs resisting legislation that would require record retention.
- Tue Jul 25 2006 Congress spanks naughty sex sites
President Bush is expected to sign a bill that targets Net drug sales and sneaky Web sites deemed "harmful to minors."
- Tue Jun 6 2006 Senate won't quiz telecoms about NSA spying
Republican senator abandons pledge to call telecom CEOs to testify about surveillance, saying now's not the right time.
- Fri Jun 2 2006 Week in review: Keeping watch over Web surfing
U.S. attorney general invokes fight against terrorism in bid for more data on who's using the Internet.
- Fri Feb 10 2006 This week in privacy
U.S. attorney general didn't reveal much about controversial eavesdropping program, but White House relented and gave details.
- Wed Dec 21 2005 Bush ratchets up Patriot Act pressure
President Bush and his allies step up pressure on senators to renew a law with limited reforms that would protect civil liberties.
- Thu Dec 21 2006 Virginia is for longer data retention
Task force led by commonwealth's attorney general says ISPs should aid police by keeping e-mails, customer information.
- Tue Sep 26 2006 Politicos mull data retention by Web hosts, registrars
Broadening their inquiry beyond ISPs, they ponder mandates for storage of user records to aid child porn investigators.
- Thu Jun 29 2006 Congress targets social-networking sites
Lawmakers have been trying to get ISPs to retain data on customers. Now Congress is turning to sites like MySpace.
- Fri Feb 10 2006 Week in review: The spying game
Attorney general didn't reveal much about controversial eavesdropping program, but White House gave details.




