The government released more files yesterday involving FISC, including an attempt by an unnamed company to challenge an order as unconstitutional: April 25, 2014 On January 3, 2014, the Director of National Intelligence declassified and disclosed publically that the U.S. government had filed an application with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court seeking renewal of the…
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U.S. judge rules search warrants extend to overseas email accounts
Joseph Ax reports: Internet service providers must turn over customer emails and other digital content sought by U.S. government search warrants even when the information is stored overseas, a federal judge ruled on Friday. In what appears to be the first court decision addressing the issue, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Francis in New York said…
Where’s the White House on Warrantless Email Snooping?
Mark Jaycox writes: EFF and the Digital Due Process Coalition (DDP), a coalition of companies and civil liberty organizations, have been fighting for years to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). The law, which has been used by the government to seize email older than 180 days directly from service providers without a warrant, is sorely…
Identity Dominance: The U.S. Military’s Biometric War in Afghanistan
Mohammad Zahid was not the target of a joint military operation that came through his village in Khost Province in late February 2012. However, that day the twenty-two year old man who claimed to be a student was arrested and eventually convicted in an Afghan court because his fingerprints reportedly matched those found on an…