Nate Jenkins reports: Now the only state that doesn’t allow information to be scanned from drivers’ licenses, Nebraska may soon let store clerks do more than just look at them when selling alcohol, tobacco and lottery tickets. On Monday, state lawmakers gave first-round approval to a bill (LB261) that would allow retailers to electronically scan…
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Privacy activists score victories against more detailed body scanners at airports
David G. Savage reports: The government has promised more and better security at airports after the near-disaster Christmas Day, but privacy advocates are not prepared to accept the use of full-body scanners as the routine screening system at the nation’s airports. “We don’t need to look at naked 8-year-olds and grandmothers to secure airplanes,” Rep….
Blogger’s Twitter Account Implicated in TSA Leak Hunt
Kim Zetter reports: Hours after two TSA agents served a civil subpoena on blogger Steven Frischling last week to uncover the anonymous source of a leaked document, an unusual message appeared on the blogger’s Twitter account. “To the gentleman who sent Flying With Fish the TSA Security Directive … Thank You! Can you drop me…
Obama Orders Overhaul in ‘Top Secret’ Rules
Travis Sanford reports: In a sweeping change to current practice, President Obama has ordered that all federal agencies presume that documents and records they produce will not be considered “classified” unless disclosure reasonably could be expected to compromise national security. Obama also ordered that almost all classified material will be declassified after 25 years. In…