Liz Tay reports: The Senate has passed a bill that would allow Australia’s spy agency, ASIO, to intercept communications on behalf of Federal, State and Territory law enforcement agencies. The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment Act 2010 was re-introduced by the Attorney-General in the House of Representatives on 30 September, after the 2010 Federal Election….
Category: Laws
Real ID, Real Mess: States balk while out-of-touch Republicans in Washington push for compliance
Jason Clayworth reports: Iowa took steps Thursday to officially reject what some have called a national identification system being criticized by some lawmakers as unconstitutional. The federal REAL ID Act was passed in 2005 and signed by former President George W. Bush in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The act calls…
House subcommittee to take up PATRIOT Act again next week
Coming up in the House Judiciary Committee on March 9: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security 1:30 p.m. in the 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Hearing on: “The Reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act”
IRS data: Privacy rights vs. finding the missing kids
Jeremy Herb reports on another “balancing” discussion going on in Congress that also includes discussion of potential for abuse if privacy laws are relaxed for what we could all probably agree is a good purpose: Federal Treasury officials looking at missing children cases and tax returns found something odd: Of the more than 1,700 cases…