A federal judge has dismissed Jewel v. NSA, a case from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on behalf of AT&T customers challenging the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans’ phone calls and emails. “We’re deeply disappointed in the judge’s ruling,” said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. “This ruling robs innocent telecom…
Category: Surveillance
Il: Detective Hired by Deripaska’s Employee to Wiretap Cherney Sentenced in Tel-Avi
On January 13th, 2010 the Tel Aviv Court handed down its first verdict in the case of illegal eavesdropping on businessman and philanthropist Michael Cherney. Illegal spying was commissioned by a Russian citizen, who at the time was an executive in Oleg Deripaska’s empire. On January 13, the Tel Aviv Court confirmed the plea bargain…
FBI Broke Privacy Laws, Says Justice Department Probe
Massimo Calabresi reports: The FBI repeatedly broke the law between April 2003 and November 2006 in its efforts to monitor telecommunications in line with counterterrorism objectives, a Justice Department investigation has found. A report released Wednesday by the Department’s Inspector General, Glenn Fine, reveals that three major telecom companies — whose identities remain classified —…
Ghana’s National Security Coordinator rejects calls for law on sim card registration
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…