Fiifi Koomson reports: The National Security Coordinator Lt. Col (Rtd) Larry Gbevlo-Lartey has dismissed calls for a law to back a directive for the mandatory registration of mobile phone sim cards. Col Gbevlo-Lartey says agitation for such a law is “completely out of the question.” National Security has issued a directive to mobile phone service…
Category: Govt
FBI broke law for years in phone record searches
John Solomon and Carrie Johnson report: The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone companies to provide records, according to internal bureau memos and interviews. FBI officials issued approvals after the fact to justify their actions….
Laptop Search Documents Revealed
Thomas Claburn reports: Documents detailing nine months of searches and seizures of electronic devices by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents were released on Thursday by the American Civil Liberties Union, offering previously unavailable insight into border searches.Last summer, the Department of Homeland Security released new rules governing searches of laptops and other electronic…
Lawyers advise wait to lift “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban
Anne Gearan and and Philip Elliott of The Associated Press reports: Lawyers for the nation’s top military officer are recommending holding off on an internal Pentagon effort that could lead to the repeal of the ban on openly gay military service. The delay could push a decision by Congress to the middle of the next…