The government assures us that it does not maintain a database of incidentally collected information from non-targeted United States persons, and there is no evidence to the contrary. From United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review No. 08-01 IN RE: DIRECTIVES [redacted text]* August 22, 2008 So what’s the government’s explanation now? That they…
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Retired Federal Judge: Your Faith In Secret Surveillance Court Is Dramatically Misplaced
Nicole Flatow reports: A retired federal judge warned Friday against blind faith in the secret court deciding the scope of U.S. government surveillance. During a panel discussion on constitutional privacy protection in the wake of a leaked Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court decision that revealed widespread NSA data collection, U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner stood up…
Secret Court Ruling Put Tech Companies in Data Bind
Claire Cain Miller reports: In a secret court in Washington, Yahoo’s top lawyers made their case. The government had sought help in spying on certain foreign users, without a warrant, and Yahoo had refused, saying the broad requests were unconstitutional. The judges disagreed. That left Yahoo two choices: Hand over the data or break the law….
Student privacy breach makes it way to the Ninth Circuit
Jason Tecza did not give up. The former law student at University of San Francisco had sued the university pro se after his testing accommodation plan was accidentally included in materials given to a number of his peers in a course. One of the causes of action was public disclosure of private facts. Other causes of…