J.D. Tuccille writes: Rare though they are, horrific events like the Newtown shooting inevitably provoke a variety of responses. The intent is to head off a recurrence of the sort of crime that, truth be told, very likely can’t be completely prevented, if for no other reason than that so many of the perpetrators seemingly…
Category: U.S.
Naked-Image Scanners to Be Removed From U.S. Airports
Jeff Plungis reports: The U.S. Transportation Security Administration will remove airport body scanners that privacy advocates likened to strip searches after OSI Systems Inc. couldn’t write software to make passenger images less revealing. TSA will end a $5 million contract with OSI’s Rapiscan unit for the software after Administrator John Pistole concluded the company couldn’t meet a…
Leahy warns that police drones threaten privacy
Brendan Sasso reports: Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said Wednesday that he is concerned about the growing use of drones by police to conduct surveillance. “I think there could be a significant threat to the privacy and civil liberties of millions of Americans,” Leahy said in a speech at Georgetown University Law Center….
Is your car spying on you?
Over on MassPrivateI, Gary Biller, President of the National Motorist Association, writes: I have long considered my car a sanctuary. Even when faced with oblivious drivers anchored in the left lane or with snarled traffic—usually cause and effect—I feel secure while in command from the cockpit of my Nissan Murano. But that is a false…