Frankfurt prosecutors said it would take until mid-September at the earliest to conclude a preliminary probe into a spying affair at Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE). “We still need a few weeks,” a spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office said on Monday, after previously saying the probe might be completed around the end of August. The probe by…
Category: Surveillance
Meanwhile, back at Sheriff Joe’s….
Last week’s drama in Maricopa County, Arizona over access to and control over the criminal justice database continued this week in court and in the media. Tuesday, Chief Deputy Dave Hendershott of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office agreed to share computer passwords to the criminal justice computer system with other county agencies that used the…
Feds invoke national secrets in wiretap case
The Obama administration, trying to derail a lawsuit over former President George W. Bush’s authority to wiretap Americans without court permission, has refused to take a position on the program’s legality and says a federal judge can’t decide that question because the crucial facts are national secrets. A ruling on whether Bush exceeded his constitutional…
Teen admits shooting upskirt images
A 15-year-old Emmaus High School student who admitted in juvenile court Friday that he took hundreds of upskirt photos and videos of female classmates and teachers was electronically shackled by a Lehigh County judge. While his final punishment must still be decided, Judge Kelly L. Banach ordered the Upper Milford Township boy not to use…