Vernon Silver reports: Hewlett-Packard Co. equipment worth more than $500,000 has been installed in computer rooms in Syria, underpinning a surveillance system being built to monitor e-mails and Internet use, according to documents from the deal and a person familiar with the installation. The gear made by Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett- Packard would run a…
Category: U.S.
Unconfirmed: U.S. Officials Sacked for Frisking India’s Former President; Did TSA Go Too Far?
Sanskrity Sinha reports: Two Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) officials involved in the recent frisking incident of former Indian president Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam at a U.S. airport have reportedly been sacked, according to an Indian national daily. Though there are no confirmed reports of the lay-off either by TSA or U.S. Government, the Hindustan Times reported Thursday…
Judge Declares Law Governing Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Unconstitutional
Julia Angwin: In a succinct one-page ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Lynn N. Hughes of the Southern District of Texas declared that the law authorizing the government to obtain cellphone records without a search warrant was unconstitutional. “The records would show the date, time, called number, and location of the telephone when the call was made,”…
Lancaster, Calif. approves crime surveillance by plane
KTLA-TV reports: The Lancaster City Council approved a measure Tuesday to allow authorities to perform aerial surveillance to help fight crime in the city. Mayor R. Rex Parris says the plan will involve a $1.3-million, piloted Cessna 172 fixed-wing aircraft affixed with optical equipment that would circle the High Desert city at altitudes of 1,000…