Laura Glendinning reports: San Jose knows the way. . . to get it all on camera. 18 helmet cameras are being put into use in San Jose in a test program aimed at reducing escalating violence in arrests and general public interactions. The department has been under fire for a number of alleged abuses of…
Category: Surveillance
Israeli police gun down Macbook at border
Speaking of border searches involving laptops, have you read this story by Bar Ben Ari and Or Hirshauga: An American student entering Israel from Egypt via the border crossing at Taba two weeks ago stood stunned as Israeli Border Police officers determined her laptop computer was a security threat and shot it three times. Lily…
For my reading list…
Every so often, I try to spend a bit of time on SSRN to see what new articles are available that might be of interest. Here are seven recently posted abstracts, below. For most of them, the full-text version is also available as a free download: Finkin, Matthew W., On Restating the Common Law of…
EPIC Files Lawsuit for Information about “Digital Strip Search” Devices
On December 17, 2009, EPIC filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice concerning the use of whole body imaging devices used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). TSA has confirmed the Whole Body Imaging machines are being used in at least one Virginia federal court by the US Marshall Service: EPIC submitted a FOIA…