Melissa Thomas reports: A high school student killed herself after she emailed a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend and he sent it around to others at two high schools, the girl’s parents claim in Federal Court. They sued the city, the school district, the ex-boyfriend and several other kids to whom he allegedly…
Feds Challenged in Bid to Dismiss Wiretapping Suit
Annie Youderian reports that plaintiffs in a case challenging NSA’s wiretapping program have filed a response to the government’s motion to dismiss the case on “state secrets” and “national security” grounds. The case is Shubert v. Obama and Judge Vaughn Walker is the presiding judge. The plaintiffs’ 24-page response can be found here (pdf). A…
Cryptome posts more LEA guides, Wikileaks joins the fray
Cryptome.org has added more materials to its site on the policies and manuals for law enforcement agents seeking customer or subscriber data. Last week, it posted guides for Cox, SBC-Ameritech, Cingular, Cricket, Nextel, GTE, and PacTel. Newly added to the collection of compliance guides are: Sprint’s Corporate Security Electronic Surveillance Manual (.zip), dated November 2002,…
AU: Contractors should not have access to police files
…. On Saturday The Age revealed that Victoria Police had agreed to hand over to Aquasure, the international consortium building a desalination plant near Wonthaggi, information about people involved in protests against the plant. In a 20-page memorandum of understanding, signed in August by Assistant Commissioner Paul Evans and the secretary of the Department of…