Chris Elliott has this happy update on the Department of Homeland Security’s attempt to subpoena his records: The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn a subpoena that would have required me to furnish it with all documents related to the Dec. 25 TSA Security Directive which was published on my Web site. The move came…
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2nd Circuit Rejects Lawyers’ Petition for Records of Intercepted Calls
Mark Hamblett reports: The refusal of the National Security Agency to disclose whether conversations between lawyers and their clients at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility were intercepted has been upheld by a federal appeals court in Manhattan. Addressing questions of first impression, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday adopted a doctrine holding…
CRS: Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping
CRS report 98-326 Privacy: An Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping and Electronic Eavesdropping December 03, 2009 Summary: This report provides an overview of federal law governing wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping. It also appends citations to state law in the area and contains a bibliography of legal commentary as well as the text of the…
Congressman introduces federal anti-SLAPP bill
David L. Hudson Jr. writes: A Tennessee congressman has introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives known as “the Citizen Participation Act of 2009” that would provide protection for people who are sued for exercising their First Amendment rights of petition and speech. If passed, the measure by Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., would…