Gene Johnson reports: A defense lawyer in Eastern Washington was reading a detective’s statement in his client’s drug case when he came across a curious line. In asking to search the man’s house and cars, the detective revealed that he had already seen the defendant’s bank records. That’s odd, thought the lawyer, Robert Thompson of Pasco. There’s no…
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Texas schools expand RFID chipping of students
Back in October 2010, I commented on a news report out of Houston on the use of RFID tags with students. Yesterday, Francisco Vara-Orta reported on the situation in San Antonio. As I anticipated when I wrote, ” the student’s’ RFID tag will register them as “in school” and track their location throughout the day…
From Fingerprints to DNA: Biometric Data Collection in U.S. Immigrant Communities and Beyond
From EFF: Today the Immigration Policy Center (IPC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) release “From Fingerprints to DNA: Biometric Data Collection in U.S. Immigrant Communities and Beyond.” The paper outlines the current state of U.S. government collection of biometric information and the problems that could arise from these growing databases of records. It also…
Judge orders drug evidence suppressed in warrantless GPS tracking case
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: A federal judge in Kentucky this week upheld a lower court’s decision to throw out crucial evidence in a drug case because the evidence was gathered with the help of a GPS tracking device that was installed without a warrant on the suspect’s vehicle. In a 19-page ruling Tuesday, Judge Amul Thapar…