A group of researchers who participated in the Surveillance Games Research Workshop November 20-21 in Vancouver, B.C. have drafted a joint statement on security, surveillance and mega-events signed by international experts specializing in these areas. As researchers from Canada and the wider world, who are conducting research on the global security dynamics of mega-events, we…
Category: Surveillance
Feds Challenged in Bid to Dismiss Wiretapping Suit
Annie Youderian reports that plaintiffs in a case challenging NSA’s wiretapping program have filed a response to the government’s motion to dismiss the case on “state secrets” and “national security” grounds. The case is Shubert v. Obama and Judge Vaughn Walker is the presiding judge. The plaintiffs’ 24-page response can be found here (pdf). A…
Cryptome posts more LEA guides, Wikileaks joins the fray
Cryptome.org has added more materials to its site on the policies and manuals for law enforcement agents seeking customer or subscriber data. Last week, it posted guides for Cox, SBC-Ameritech, Cingular, Cricket, Nextel, GTE, and PacTel. Newly added to the collection of compliance guides are: Sprint’s Corporate Security Electronic Surveillance Manual (.zip), dated November 2002,…
PROMISES, PROMISES: A closed meeting on openness
President Obama continues morphing into President Bush. If you need informal proof, just watch Rachel Maddow on MSNBC, and you’ll see that she is becoming more openly critical of a president for whom she repeatedly made excuses earlier in his administration. Or be a fly on the wall at my next family get-together to hear…