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…
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FBI quietly forms secretive Net-surveillance unit
Declan McCullagh reports: The FBI has recently formed a secretive surveillance unit with an ambitious goal: to invent technology that will let police more readily eavesdrop on Internet and wireless communications. The establishment of the Quantico, Va.-based unit, which is also staffed by agents from the U.S. Marshals Service and the Drug Enforcement Agency, is…
Maryland Court of Appeals lets ruling barring police collection of DNA from arrestees stand
Lyle Denniston writes: Maryland’s state supreme court, the Court of Appeals, has refused to reconsider a split decision barring police from collecting DNA samples from individuals who have been arrested. The denial order, issued Friday, is here. State officials have said they will now seek to take the case on to the Supreme Court, but added that…
Wyden: White House-backed cybersecurity bill sacrifices privacy
Brendan Sasso and Andrew Feinberg report: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) warned on Monday that the Senate’s cybersecurity legislation is an “overreaction” that would undermine Americans’ right to privacy. He said the legislation, which is supported by the White House, shares some of the same “defects” as the House’s Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)….