The American Civil Liberties Union today submitted comments on new rules recently proposed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) regarding public disclosure of court records. The ACLU urged the FISC to amend its proposed rules to allow for greater transparency by requiring judges to disclose to the public any significant legal rulings that interpret…
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BT seeks moratorium on internet piracy cases
Jonathan Fildes reports: BT is seeking a moratorium on legal applications to obtain details of its customers who are alleged to have illegally shared files online. The firm outlined its stance following a high-profile data breach at London law firm ACS:Law last week. The leak saw thousands of customers’ details from various ISPs – including…
High Court Won’t Review Gitmo Wiretap Case
From Courthouse News: The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a ruling shielding the National Security Agency from disclosing whether it intercepted communications between attorneys and Guantanamo Bay detainees under its terrorist surveillance program. The high court rejected the appeal of lawyers and inmates who lost their Freedom of Information Act requests to find out…
CA: Director gets 1 year in prison in wiretapping case
Greg Risling of The Associated Press reports: “Die Hard” director John McTiernan was sentenced to one year in prison Monday for lying about his association with a private investigator to illegally wiretap a movie producer. In a stinging rebuke of the 59-year-old McTiernan, U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer said he should receive a harsher sentence…