As I noted last week, some provisions of the PATRIOT Act are up for renewal this month. Two bills have been introduced in the Senate and two bills have been introduced in the House to extend the roving wiretaps and FISA-related provisions that will otherwise expire on February 28. In the Senate, Senator Feinstein introduced…
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Federal court grants NSA’s motion for summary judgement in CCR’s lawsuit over warrantless wiretapping
Maria Dinzeo reports on Courthouse News: Fear of government eavesdropping is not a sufficient constitutional injury, a federal judge ruled, throwing out the claims of a law firm that had claimed it was illegally spied upon by a government-sponsored wiretapping program initiated in the wake of Sept. 11. The Center for Constitutional Rights and its…
Case Law: JIH v News Group Newspapers, anonymity regained
Edward Craven writes: The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in the case of JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd ([2011] EWCA 42). In allowing the appeal against the order of Tugendhat J ([2010] EWHC 2818 (QB)) the Court ordered that the claimant’s anonymity should be restored. Although the Court stressed that each decision is…
EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations
Mark Rumold of EFF writes: EFF has uncovered widespread violations stemming from FBI intelligence investigations from 2001 – 2008. In a report released today, EFF documents alarming trends in the Bureau’s intelligence investigation practices, suggesting that FBI intelligence investigations have compromised the civil liberties of American citizens far more frequently, and to a greater extent, than…