Does the president’s extreme vetting now include asking about visa applicants’ medical status? How much medical information should visa applicants have to disclose? And on what medical basis will decisions be made to approve or reject the application? What is this really about? If there are those who have been malnourished or mistreated or who…
Category: Govt
Why Microsoft Challenged the Right Law: A Response to Orin Kerr
Jennifer Daskal writes: This coming spring, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the United States v. Microsoft – a case that will determine the authority of U.S. law enforcement to compel, via a warrant, US-based companies to turn over data held outside the United States. Over at Lawfare, Orin Kerr posits that Microsoft and…
New cars to be equipped with ‘complimentary’ TSA PreCheck biometric scanners
Some days I worry that Joe Cadillic is going to have a stroke from his aggravation level being so elevated by ridiculous surveillance developments in the business and government sectors. Here’s the latest entry in an “Are they for real?” I cannot believe what I am writing, the TSA has officially invaded auto manufacturing. According…
FTC Releases Agenda for Workshop on Informational Injury
Nov. 28 – The Federal Trade Commission released the final agenda for its December 12, 2017 workshop examining questions about the injuries consumers suffer when information about them is misused. Acting FTC Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen will provide opening remarks at the workshop. The event will include panel discussions focused on the types of negative outcomes…