FourthAmendment.com brings us a court opinion out of Pennsylvania that is quoteworthy: A DNA profile generates investigatory evidence that is primarily used by law enforcement officials for general law enforcement purposes. To allow such suspicionless searches, which are conducted in almost all instances with law enforcement involvement, to occur absent traditional warrant and probable cause…
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Buffalo Grove trustee to get name of anonymous poster
Georgia Garvey reports: Buffalo Grove Village Trustee Lisa Stone should be told the name of the man she accuses of making defamatory online comments about her 15-year-old son, a judge ruled Monday in a case being watched for its Internet privacy implications. Cook County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Lawrence ordered that the identity of a person…
Eighth Person Pleads Guilty to Illegally Accessing Confidential Passport Files
An eighth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. Susan Holloman, 58, of Washington, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging her with unauthorized computer access. Holloman is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 21, 2010. According to…
2,000-Year-Old Scrolls, Internet-Era Crime (updated)
Jim Dwyer reports: Early one morning in March, the law banged on the door of an apartment on Thompson Street in Greenwich Village. Investigators had a warrant to arrest Raphael Haim Golb and seize his computer. He was caught red-handed. Mr. Golb is, or was, a guerrilla fighter in a cyberbrawl over the Dead Sea…