The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has created a web page to address privacy concerns and the 2010 Olympics: Next February and March, Canada will host the world at the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. As the first international “mega-event” to take place in Canada in the post-9/11 era, the Vancouver Winter Games…
Category: Govt
German secret services want more powers after election
The Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper has revealed a leaked Interior Ministry document which appears to suggest an expansion of the German secret service as part of the Christian Democrats’ post-election program. The document, which is dated Sept. 22 and headed “Coalition Paper Preparation”, suggests giving the secret services the authority to conduct online computer searches, access…
Should we have celebrated the Constitution?
Matt Hutchins reports in the Harvard Law Record: On the 222nd anniversary of the adoption of the United States Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Harvard University fulfilled its federally mandated celebration of the Constitution by convening a panel of experts to examine what aspects of the document deserve to be celebrated and what…
A Problematic New Policy on State Secrets
Commentary on the DOJ’s new policy on invoking the “state secrets” privilege has suggested that although it is a slight improvement over the Bush administration policies, it does not go far enough. Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News adds to the growing chorus of concerns: […] More surprisingly, the policy seems to have fumbled the question…