Susan Stellin reports: The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its screening of passengers before they arrive at the airport by searching a wide array of government and private databases that can include records like car registrations and employment information. Read more on the New York Times.
Category: Govt
Feds Sued for Hiding NSA Spying From Terror Defendants
David Kravets reports: Five years after Congress authorized warrantless electronic spying, the Obama administration has never divulged to a single defendant that they were the target of this type of phone or email surveillance — despite lawmakers’ claims the snooping has stopped terrorist plots and resulted in arrests. The reason federal prosecutors are keeping mum,…
Challenge to NSA Surveillance Won’t Bend to Federal Shutdown
Courthouse News reports: The ongoing shutdown of the U.S. government cannot delay the lawsuit over the constitutionality of a secret surveillance program on Americans, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden had brought the alleged dragnet to light by leaking a secret court order showing that the NSA had forced Verizon…
What the Government Does with Americans’ Data
Rachel Levinson-Waldman writes: After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the government’s authority to collect, keep, and share information about Americans with little or no basis to suspect wrongdoing dramatically expanded. While the risks and benefits of this approach are the subject of intense debate, one thing is certain: it results in the accumulation of…