Anne Youderian reports: A federal judge in San Francisco ordered the Transportation Security Administration to release some evidence relating to a Muslim woman’s inclusion on the government’s “no-fly list,” breaking what the judge called a “potential jurisdictional impasse.” Rahinah Ibrahim, a Malaysian Muslim, said she was illegally detained at the San Francisco International Airport because…
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TSA Cannot Order Sites to Take Down Sensitive Manual
Steven Aftergood reports: After a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) manual containing “sensitive security information” was inadvertently disclosed on a government website, it was reposted on several non-governmental websites where it remains freely available. Asked what TSA intends to do about that, Acting TSA Administrator Gale D. Rossides told Congress that her agency does not have…
Colo. court: immigrants tax records are private
Ivan Moreno of the Associated Press reports: The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Monday that authorities violated the constitutional and privacy rights of suspected illegal immigrants when they used tax returns to try and build hundreds of identity theft cases against them. The ruling affirmed a decision by a Weld County district judge who suppressed evidence…
MN: Law enforcement asking for data privacy flexibility
I don’t know about you, but whenever I hear that law enforcement is asking for “flexibility” when it comes to our privacy or civil liberties, I have a Pavlovian “uh-oh” response. Brad Swenson reports: State lawmakers may consider a special category for data to allow law enforcement more investigative options, says Sen. Mary Olson. “With…