Glenn Greenwald chimes in on the Yahoo! case discussed on this site previously. You can read his commentary here. Glenn writes, in part: If nothing else, consider the implications of allowing the U.S. Government to obtain and read emails simply by a vague showing of “relevance” to a criminal investigation, all without (a) any demonstration…
Category: Surveillance
Thoughts on City of Ontario v. Quon: The Fourth Amendment and Privacy of Electronic Communications in the Workplace
Dan Solove shares his thoughts on why the Supreme Court should affirm Quon, here. Previous coverage of this important workplace privacy case can be found here.
Computer Tech Busted for Women’s Room Camera
Sent in by a helpful reader… Dan Stamm reports: A curious office manager took the lid off an invasion of privacy that could have spread to bathrooms throughout the Philadelphia area. A man allegedly placed hidden cameras inside various women’s bathrooms. Matthew Hawkins of Lansdale, Pa. was arrested Tuesday after police allegedly found photos of…
Statement of Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice before the House Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties concerning “Report by the Office of the Inspector General on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records”
The testimony, here, makes clear that the FBI misused and abused exigent letters. In many cases, there was no real emergency and in many cases where the FBI said that subpoenas had been sought, they had not been sought at all. Fine’s testimony also describes how the FBI engaged in other improper practices such as…