Federal court will hear constitutional challenge to ‘No Fly List’
The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on behalf of 13 plaintiffs (four of which are military veterans), challenges the means by which one can get off the list, calling the...
View ArticleTainted evidence from Massachusetts crime lab may impact 40,000 defendants –...
Chemist Annie Dookhan, formerly of the now-closed Department of Public Health lab in Jamaica Plain, stands accused of faking some test results and neglecting department standards. Dookhan has pleaded...
View ArticleLow-level arrests surged under Bloomberg’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent much of his final year in office defending the city’s stop-and-frisk policy, which a federal judge ruled was unconstitutional in August. But while he and...
View ArticleLegal loophole: US offers no apologies for hacking internet encryptions
Intelligence agencies in the US and United Kingdom have spent millions to bribe technicians - perhaps even planting agents inside telecommunication companies - in a bid to penetrate the encryption...
View ArticleThe big three: Sweden reacts to report of intel cooperation with NSA, GCHQ
"It's a very serious matter if Sweden is indeed involved in American surveillance programs," Green Party IT policy spokeswoman Maria Ferm told Sweden’s The Local. "I'm very concerned about the...
View ArticleE-searches and seizures at US borders ‘more invasive’ than traditional...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has released documents showing how US authorities, exceeding their powers in the name of protecting the country from terrorism and other threats, are involved...
View Article‘Unleashed and unaccountable’– ACLU condemns FBI in new report
In thousands of words spanning a 60-plus page report titled "Unleashed and Unaccountable: The FBI’s Unchecked Abuse of Authority," the ACLU this week condemns the agency, particularly in the years...
View ArticleNSA’s phone data collection is legal, does not violate privacy – FISA court
The court’s opinion, dated August 29 and made public Tuesday, stated that the court was aware of the disclosures made by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden but reaffirmed that the controversial data...
View ArticleFacebook ‘likes’ protected under First Amendment, US federal court rules
The Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday in favor of a former deputy sheriff in Hampton, Virginia who said that he was fired for “liking” the Facebook page of the candidate running for...
View ArticleSenate bill would eliminate mass collection of phone records, reform FISA court
The bill, dubbed the Intelligence Oversight and Surveillance Reform Act, bundles a number of ideas proposed in roughly 12 other bills drafted in the wake of the leaks by NSA contractor-turned...
View ArticleMass shootings prompt millions for additional police officers at schools...
Grants intended to fund more police officers in schools will go to law enforcement agencies across the country, the Justice Department (DOJ) said Friday as it unveiled the entire list of recipients....
View ArticleIndependent watchdog says NSA program is illegal and should end
Less than a week after President Barack Obama announced plans to overhaul controversial NSA phone data collection program, an independent review board has questioned the program's legality. According...
View ArticleSnowden used off-the-shelf software to haul in PRISM files
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Heavily Armed SWAT Team Swarms Cal State… Because of an Umbrella
These days you never know what could be used as a deadly weapon of mass destruction requiring a militarized SWAT response. Link to article – Heavily Armed SWAT Team Swarms Cal State… Because of an...
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