The New York Times editorial board has written an editorial on the Obama administration’s new guidelines for invoking the state secrets privilege, previously reported here and here. The other day, Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. issued new guidelines for invoking the state secrets privilege in the future. They were a positive step forward, on paper,…
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Cops Can’t Convert Car Into Tracking Device Without Court’s OK
Jennifer Granick of EFF has a commentary on a recent decision out of Massachusetts discussed here previously. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts recently held that officers may not place GPS tracking devices on cars without first getting a warrant. The case, Commonwealth v. Connolly, was decided under the state corollary to the Fourth Amendment, and…
Database and P2P bills in Congress tomorrow
Two bills are coming up in Congress tomorrow (Wednesday) in the House Energy and Commerce Committee that have important privacy implications. Andrew Noyes reports: The House Energy and Commerce Committee is slated to vote Wednesday on legislation that would require strong security policies from firms that collect and store individuals’ sensitive information and provide for…
‘Clear’ Security Service May Return at Airports
Brad Stone reports: Verified Identity Pass, a company founded by the entrepreneur Steven Brill, offered travelers a tempting proposition: pay up to $199 a year, submit to a fingerprint and iris scan, and skip to the front of interminable airport security lines. But last June, the company left its roughly 200,000 paying customers stranded, saying…