Eli Lake reports: President Obama is coming under pressure from Democrats and civil liberties groups for failing to fill positions on an oversight panel formed in 2004 to make sure the government does not spy improperly on U.S. citizens. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was recommended initially by the bipartisan September 11 commission…
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Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna’s campaign “pilfered” NDU alumni info – alumnus (updated)
A Notre Dame University alumnus, Gary Caruso, has taken to the Web to question how Notre Dame University Alumni Association records were obtained by Illinois Republican Gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna’s campaign. According to Caruso, McKenna is an alumnus of NDU and those alumni who were in his class have found themselves on the receiving end…
“John Doe” warrants based on DNA profiles okay – court
The Supreme Court of California ruled today that “no name” or “John Doe” warrants based only on a suspect’s DNA profile are authorized under California’s laws. On August 21, 2000, four days before the statute of limitations would have expired, the Sacramento County District Attorney filed a felony complaint against “John Doe, unknown male,” describing…
The missing Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Alan Charles Raul, who served as vice chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board from 2006 to 2008, has a letter to the editor in today’s Washington Post that begins: The Jan. 19 front-page article “FBI broke law for years in phone record searches” missed a key part of the story. The lack…