There’s a new GAO report that supports what privacy advocates are all saying – the government needs to address privacy concerns raised by the use of unmanned aircraft. But should it be the DOJ or DHS to take point, or do we need another agency that might be more, um, civil liberties-leaning? UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS:…
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EPIC Prevails in Mobile Body Scanner FOIA Case
From EPIC.org: A federal district court has awarded EPIC attorneys fees and costs in EPIC v. DHS, No, 11-945, a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that resulted in the disclosure of information about the agency’s plan to deploy body scanners at bus stations, train stations, and elsewhere. The court found that EPIC had “substantially prevailed” in…
Immunity, state secrets may doom warrantless surveillance lawsuit against NSA and AT&T
Philip A. Janquart reports that the NSA has filed a motion to dismiss claims against it in the long-running Jewel v. NSA lawsuit. NSA claims that it has immunity from such suits, and that disclosures by itself or AT&T would endanger state secrets. Same tune, different week. And sadly, I think they will get their…
Twitter to surrender Occupy protester’s tweets – lawyer
Joseph Ax reports: Twitter is expected to hand over tweets from an Occupy Wall Street protester to a New York criminal judge on Friday after months of unsuccessfully fighting a subpoena from prosecutors, the protester’s lawyer said on Thursday. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino ordered Twitter earlier this week to comply with the subpoena…