Antonio Olivo reports that problems with the E-verify system have led two senators to proposed biometric SSN cards – to the consternation of privacy and civil liberties groups: … Two U.S. senators prominent in immigration reform efforts have proposed that all Americans be issued biometric Social Security cards, containing data from either a fingerprint or…
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Missouri considers restricting access to court records
Chris Blank reports: More information about people involved in the court system could be kept private under new rules being considered by a committee of Missouri judges. The changes would cover civil and criminal cases and affect the release of personal information through the state court system’s online Casenet public database. Under the proposed rules,…
NYC appeals court hears challenge to wiretap law
Larry Neumeister reports: A civil rights lawyer asked a federal appeals court Friday to restore a lawsuit challenging a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas conversations. A government lawyer disagreed, saying a lower court got it right. The verbal tug-of-war proceeded before a three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of…
Broad Coalition Urges President Obama And Congress To Oppose Biometric National ID
From an ACLU press release: A broad coalition of groups today sent a letter to the White House, the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee urging them to oppose a proposal by Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) that would include a biometric…