Allie Bohm writes: Montana just made history. It recently enacted the first state law in the nation(sponsored by Rep. Daniel Zolnikov (R-Billings)) requiring law enforcement to obtain a probable-cause warrant before tracking an individual based on his or her cell phone location information, social networking check-ins, or via a GPS tracking device in a criminal investigation. (A few states do have…
Category: U.S.
Silicon Valley and Spy Agency Bound by Strengthening Web
James Risen and Nick Wingfield report on the (cooperative/collaborative/too-cozy?) relationship between Silicon Valley and the NSA. Here’s a snippet: Despite the companies’ assertions that they cooperate with the agency only when legally compelled, current and former industry officials say the companies sometimes secretly put together teams of in-house experts to find ways to cooperate more…
FBI’s Robert Mueller: Drones Are In Use In America
Michael McAuliff reports: FBI Director Robert Mueller revealed Wednesday that the bureau uses drones to conduct surveillance on U.S. soil. Asked by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) if the FBI was following in the footsteps of the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in pursuing the use of unmanned aerial vehicles,…
U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms
I have no idea how I missed this last week, but just saw it mentioned on Twitter. Michael Riley reports: Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process…