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TSA Must Release Some ‘No-Fly List’ Evidence – Court
Anne Youderian reports: A federal judge in San Francisco ordered the Transportation Security Administration to release some evidence relating to a Muslim woman’s inclusion on the government’s “no-fly list,” breaking what the judge called a “potential jurisdictional impasse.” Rahinah Ibrahim, a Malaysian Muslim, said she was illegally detained at the San Francisco International Airport because…
Israeli police gun down Macbook at border
Speaking of border searches involving laptops, have you read this story by Bar Ben Ari and Or Hirshauga: An American student entering Israel from Egypt via the border crossing at Taba two weeks ago stood stunned as Israeli Border Police officers determined her laptop computer was a security threat and shot it three times. Lily…
Library Groups Ask Justice Department To Supervise Institutional Pricing for Google Book Database
In a letter (PDF) to the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College and Research Libraries, and the Association of Research Libraries, say “active supervision of the settlement by the court and the United States will protect the public interest far more than any…