Lindsay Whitehurst of AP reports: The National Security Agency asked a judge Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit from a former Salt Lake City mayor who says the agency conducted a mass warrantless surveillance program during the 2002 Winter Olympics. The NSA argues the claims are implausible speculation about a program that may never have existed,…
Category: Govt
U.S. Congressional Committees Move to Rein in Civil Liberties Watchdog
Charlie Savage of the NY Times writes: A leading Democrat in Congress is pushing back against an effort to impose new constraints on a civil liberties watchdog agency that investigates the nation’s security programs. The agency, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, is a bipartisan five-member panel that Congress created after a recommendation by the…
FAA compromise bill drops key drone privacy provisions
John Riberio reports: A Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill that was passed by the Senate on Wednesday excludes key privacy provisions, including a requirement that commercial and government users of drones disclose whether they collect personally identifiable information. The bill, which is a compromise short-term extension to ensure continued funding at current levels to the…
Privacy isn’t being protected by Congress
By The Editorial Board, The San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Our privacy rights are under continual assault as governments at all levels routinely violate Americans’ Fourth Amendment rights to be free from illegal searches and seizures. This is the case whether it’s the National Security Agency hoovering up our telephone call data and various other electronic…