Jim Harper writes: Page one of today’s Washington Times—above the fold—has a fascinating story indicting the White House for failing to disclose that it will collect and retain material posted by visitors to its pages on social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube. The story is fascinating because so much attention is being paid to…
Wikileaks Under Fire For Publication of Court-Protected Information
Chris Burke writes: Wikileaks, a whistle blower website, encourages and advertises anonymous tipsters to upload confidential documents to its site. But what if that document, or a portion of that document, were privileged by a court order? Such a scenario could be heading for a disaster with Wikileaks at the helm. Wikileaks is widely known…
Do police need warrants to search cell phones?
James Nash reports: Police may be able to take cell phones from people they arrest, but that doesn’t give them the right to scroll through call logs in search of incriminating information without a warrant, a defense attorney told the Ohio Supreme Court yesterday. Justices questioned the lawyer on whether it was necessary for police…
French piracy bill approved
Associated Press reports that France’s lower house of parliament approved a law that would cut off internet access for illegally downloading music and films. By one estimate, 1000 people per day could be knocked offline if the bill becomes law, which looks quite likely. Although the details have to be worked out and the upper…