David Kravets reports: The President Barack Obama administration is informing a federal judge that if it’s forced to disclose a secret court opinion about the government illegally spying on Americans, the likely result could be “exceptionally grave and serious damage to the national security.” The statement came in response to a lawsuit demanding the administration…
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DEA targets FedEx, UPS in online-pharmacy probe
Amy Pavuk reports: In its ongoing effort to crack down on the nation’s prescription-drug epidemic, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has gone after doctors, pharmacists, pharmacy chains, wholesale drug suppliers — and now FedEx and UPS. Even though the DEA will not confirm it is engaged in the probe, both companies have disclosed in corporate…
DOJ Misled Judges For Years About How It Was Using Stingray Devices To Spy On People
Mike Masnick writes that the DOJ’s lack of forthrightness with the courts about its use of Stingray technology is becoming more evident: The ACLU filed a bunch of FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) requests to dig into this and newly released documents show that, indeed, it was apparently standard practice by the DOJ to be “less…
U.S. cyber plan calls for private-sector scans of Net
Joseph Menn and Deborah Charles of Reuters report: The U.S. government is expanding a cybersecurity program that scans Internet traffic headed into and out of defense contractors to include far more of the country’s private, civilian-run infrastructure. As a result, more private sector employees than ever before, including those at big banks, utilities and key…