Although L.A. Times reporter David G. Savage thought things didn’t go well for Caltech scientists in the Supreme Court today, Lyle Denniston offers a different perspective on how oral arguments went in the background check privacy case where the government is the employer: Two perceptions emerged with clarity Tuesday from a complex Supreme Court argument…
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Justices skeptical of Caltech scientists’ privacy claims
David G. Savage reports that the Supreme Court didn’t seem too favorable to the arguments by Cal Tech scientists’ lawyers in the case that looks at the government’s use of background checks and “informational privacy:” The Supreme Court gave a skeptical hearing Tuesday to 28 Caltech scientists who are challenging the government’s use of background…
SCOTUS to hear NASA/JPL background check dispute Tuesday
Nora Swanson reports on a case that PogoWasRight.org has been covering since it started in 2007 (archive, recent): The Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments from NASA contractors who claim the government has violated their privacy with intrusive background checks. The case involves 28 California Institute of Technology scientists, under contract with NASA at…
Fresh hope for computer hacker Gary McKinnon as his U.S. extradition is delayed
James Slack and Michael Seamark report: The Home Secretary has halted Gary McKinnon’s extradition to consider new medical evidence about the computer hacker’s mental state. The Asperger’s victim had been told he could be sent to the U.S. – where he faces 60 years in jail for hacking into military computers – by the end…