C.J. Ciaramella writes: Newly uncovered guidance from the Justice Department claims the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) allows federal law enforcement officers to enter the houses of suspected gang members without a warrant and remove them from the country without any judicial review. In a March 14 memorandum, obtained by the open government group Property of the People…
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State Privacy Regulators Announce Formation of Privacy ‘Supergroup’
Lauren N. Watson of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. The concept of the “supergroup” may have originated with rock and roll, but on April 16, 2025, privacy practitioners in the United States learned that a whole new type of supergroup has been formed. Far from being a reboot of Cream or the Traveling…
Justice Department Implements Critical National Security Program to Protect Americans’ Sensitive Data from Foreign Adversaries
Department Answers Frequently Asked Questions, Provides Guidance, and Issues Limited Enforcement Policy for First 90 Days Today, the Justice Department took significant steps to move forward with implementing a critical program to prevent China, Russia, Iran, and other foreign adversaries from using commercial activities to access and exploit U.S. government-related data and Americans’ sensitive personal…
Musk’s DOGE using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say
Alexandra Ulmer, Marisa Taylor, Jeffrey Dastin and Alexandra Alper of Reuters report: Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk’s DOGE team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility to President Donald Trump and his agenda, said two people with knowledge of…