Pete Williams and Andrew Rafferty report: Lawyers for Jill Kelley — the Florida woman whose complaint to federal authorities about harassing emails last year led to the resignation of former CIA Director David Petraeus — on Monday filed a lawsuit claiming the FBI and Department of Defense officials violated her privacy by failing to keep…
Category: Govt
Congress demands answers from Google over Glass privacy concerns
Charlie Osborne reports: A group of Congress members have sent a letter to Google seeking answers to privacy and data concerns caused by Google Glass. The letter (.pdf), addressed to CEO Larry Page, was sent by eight members of Congress led by U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, Texas. The members of the Congressional bipartisan Privacy Caucus say they are…
Eric Holder endorses warrants for e-mail. It’s about time.
Timothy B. Lee writes: Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder declared his support for requiring the government to get a warrant before reading Americans’ e-mail. It’s about time. Read more on WonkBlog on Washington Post.
Verizon Wireless Secretly Passed AP Reporters’ Phone Records to Feds
Ryan Gallagher reports: If you are a customer of Verizon Wireless, you might want to consider switching carriers in light of the Associated Press phone snooping scandal. When the feds came knocking for AP journalists’ call records last year, Verizon apparently turned the data over with no questions asked. The New York Times, citing an AP employee, reported…