The Russian government has issued an order telling postal workers that police and security agents have a right to open mail, causing alarm among rights advocates who fear a return to the Soviet-era tactics of the KGB. The Communications Ministry said the order, which went into effect Tuesday, does not expand the powers of investigators,…
Category: Surveillance
EFF demands intelligence agencies’ reports
Lawsuit Seeks Public Disclosure of Oversight Records Amidst New Questions About Accountability San Francisco – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit today against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a half-dozen other federal agencies involved in intelligence gathering, demanding the immediate release of reports about potential misconduct. EFF filed suit under the Freedom of…
Group plans lawsuit to unveil CIA’s Pentagon Papers
The CIA and other agencies are sitting on a trove of documentary evidence of actual and suspected wrongdoing under the Bush administration, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation plans to file a lawsuit Wednesday to force the intelligence community to come clean, the group says. At issue are the misconduct reports the spy agencies are required…
Deutsche Bank probe: four incidents
Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, said a probe found four incidents of questionable investigative or surveillance activities at the company. The cases raise “legal issues” related to data protection and privacy, the Frankfurt-based bank said in an e-mailed statement today, citing a report from law firm Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton. All four incidents…