And if you believe this, I have a lovely bridge I’d like to show you: The United States does not and has not engaged in indiscriminate surveillance of anyone, including ordinary European citizens. The PRISM program that the Advocate General’s opinion discusses is in fact targeted against particular valid foreign intelligence targets, is duly authorized…
Month: September 2015
CBP tests capturing biometric data on-the-move
And while we’re on the topic of Customs & Border Protection (see previous post today), Joe Cadillic also sends along this interesting item. Justin Lee reports: The Custom and Border Protection’s Entry/Exit Transformation (EXT) Office are piloting several programs to make the process of collecting biometric data from foreign traveler entering and leaving the United States…
Does CBP have access to domestic Amtrak reservations?
Papers, Please! has done yeoman service uncovering how DHS has been accessing Amtrak passenger data. See past coverage on this blog by searching for “Amtrak.” Now they report: Documents released to us by Amtrak suggest that since 2012, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has had direct access to Amtrak’s reservation system, possibly including access to…
Husband Alleged to Have Planted Spyware on Wife’s Phone
Ben Bedell reports: A Brooklyn matrimonial judge sent a sheriff to a husband’s home with an ex parte order to seize his iPhone and computers after lawyers for the wife submitted evidence showing her husband had planted spyware on her iPhone just before filing for divorce. Justice Jeffrey Sunshine released a 57-page decision Friday describing his…