Rick Karlin reports: How far can state government go in keeping tabs on its employees? That’s the question a mid-level appeals court will consider in the wake of a lawsuit filed by the New York Civil Liberties Union against the state Labor Department, in the case of a fired state worker who was tracked with…
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NFL wants pat-downs from ankles up at all stadiums
Michael McCarthy reports: The NFL wants all fans patted down from the ankles up this season to improve fan safety. Under the new “enhanced” pat-down procedures, the NFL wants all 32 clubs to search fans from the ankles to the knees as well as the waist up. Previously, security guards only patted down fans from…
Comments on DOJ’s Defense of The Broad View of “Exceeds Authorized Access” in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act — And A Proposed Statutory Fix
Orin Kerr writes: In his post below, Stewart Baker writes that DOJ official James Baker “gave a persuasive defense” of the broad view of that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act should apply to Terms of Service violations and employee restrictions on computers. In this post, I want to explain why I don’t find DOJ’s defense…
They’re watching at the Mall of America
On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, it’s worth noting how much we’ve lost – not just measured in the human lives and families forever affected – but also in terms of our privacy and civil liberties. G.W. Schulz, Daniel Zwerdling, and Andrew Becker report: On May 1, 2008, at 4:59 p.m., Brad Kleinerman entered the…