Associated Press reports that the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Section 702 of FISA. The plaintiffs are Amnesty International and journalists, human rights organizations, and attorneys. Howard Bashman points us to today’s ruling in Amnesty International USA v. Clapper: Appellants – attorneys, journalists, and labor, legal, media,…
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What does your state know about you – and is it correct?
There are a lot of “big brother” types of news stories or columns in the media, and obviously, I don’t post all of them to my blog. But this one by Mike Myer in a West Virginia publication, The Intelligencer, is a terrific example of why the public should be concerned – or at least…
Pilots’ lawsuit against TSA and DHS amended
Jeremy Polofsky reports that pilots Michael Roberts and Ann Poe have amended their lawsuit against DHS and TSA over the whole body imaging (WBI) and enhanced pat-down techniques: Two U.S. commercial airline pilots complained in a lawsuit on Friday that new screening procedures for flight crews — scaled back after complaints by pilots — were…
Top court to weigh privacy against government data needs
William Matthews reports: Thanks to increasingly sophisticated communications technology and ever-expanding interconnected data bases, even small-town police can run detailed background checks to discover criminals during routine traffic stops. […] But there’s a big problem with this instant access to information: A lot of what’s in the databases is wrong, says Marc Rotenberg, president of…