Shawn Musgrave writes: In the last two years, two New York City police commissioners have frankly discussed the department’s research into unmanned vehicles, confirming that the NYPD is indeed interested in the use of drones in law enforcement. But the department’s transparency office has determined, in response to three separate MuckRock requests, that any documentation regarding the NYPD’s…
Category: Govt
Feds balk at releasing IRS/White House shared tax documents
Of course they do. Paul Bedard reports: Less than a week after ’fessing up that it found some 2,500 documents potentially showing that the IRS shared taxpayer returns with the White House, the Obama administration has reversed course and won’t release the trove to a group suing for access. In an abrupt decision, the Treasury…
FAA Grounds Drone Privacy Safeguards
From EPIC.org: In a letter to EPIC, the Federal Aviation Administration denied a petition to initiate a public rulemaking to address privacy and civil liberties issues posed by domestic drones. The agency stated it was not required to solicit public comments on the privacy implications of drones because privacy was “not an immediate safety concern.” In March 2012, EPIC…
Feds Appeal Snooping Ruling
The Justice Department appealed federal judge’s October ruling that it must release documents on its policies and procedures for use of location-tracking technology in Northern California. SOURCE: Courthouse News. Thanks to Joe Cadillic for this link.