David Kravets has a must-read piece on Threat Level this morning. Here’s a snippet: Meet the administrative subpoena (.pdf): With a federal official’s signature, banks, hospitals, bookstores, telecommunications companies and even utilities and internet service providers — virtually all businesses — are required to hand over sensitive data on individuals or corporations, as long as a government…
Category: U.S.
Twitter Appeals Ruling in Battle Over Occupy Wall Street Protester’s Information
Aden Fine of the ACLU writes: Twitter just filed its brief appealing a June decision by a New York criminal court judge requiring the company to give the Manhattan District Attorney detailed information on the communications of Twitter user Malcolm Harris, an Occupy Wall Street protester charged with disorderly conduct in connection with a march on the…
Lancaster’s daily aerial surveillance flights raise privacy fears
Abby Sewell and Richard Winton report: Lancaster this week embarked on what experts say is a first-of-its-kind aerial surveillance over the city, using a small Cessna plane. The plane, equipped with sophisticated video equipment, is set fly a loop above the city for up to 10 hours a day, beaming a live video feed of…
Steve Gunn: Just say no when the TSA asks you to ‘chat’
Steve Gunn describes what happened to him at Detroit Metropolitan Airport when a TSA agent started asking him questions as part of a “chat-down.” At first she simply seemed chatty and friendly. She looked at my airline boarding pass and noted that I was coming from Denver. Then she mentioned that I was headed from…