The Justice Ministry is secretly collecting information about the personal habits of candidate judges and prosecutors, a top official has admitted in response to a question by a parliamentary deputy from the main opposition. Keeping such records is in line with Turkish law, Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said, according to a Sunday report in daily…
Category: Court
Delay sought on “don’t ask” appeal
Lyle Denniston writes: The Obama Administration has asked the Ninth Circuit Court to put on hold, for 90 days or more, its review of the constitutionality of the 1993 federal law that bars gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. In a motion filed Wednesday, Justice Department lawyers said the Pentagon needs time to…
Michigan legislators face the unintended application of a state hacking law
Jonathan Oosting reports on the Michigan email snooping case that’s caught national attention because a man has been charged criminally for accessing his wife’s email account. Oakland County Prosecutor Jessica Cooper charged the man, Leon Walker, under a 1979 state law that says: FRAUDULENT ACCESS TO COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER NETWORKS Act 53 of…
Conviction of Former SSA Employee for Violating Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Upheld
Back in August 2009, I noted the conviction of a former SSA employee, Roberto Rodriguez. At the time, I reported: Roberto Rodriguez, 54, formerly of Fort Lauderdale, FL, was convicted by a jury on July 29, 2009 of seventeen counts of exceeding his authorized access to a government computer. Rodriguez is scheduled to be sentenced on…