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Questions for the A.G. Nominee
New York Times - Questions of Justice: Michael B. Mukasey, President BushaEUR™s nominee for attorney general, appears today before the Senate Judiciary Committee. The Op-Ed page asked four legal experts to pose the questions they would like to hear Judge Mukasey answer. One sample question: 1. Griffin Bell, attorney general under Jimmy Carter, once wrote […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
Hundreds of New Documents Reveal Expanded Military Role in Domestic Surveillance
American Civil Liberties Union - Hundreds of New Documents Reveal Expanded Military Role in Domestic Surveillance: New documents uncovered as a result of an American Civil Liberties Union and New York Civil Liberties Union lawsuit reveal that the Department of Defense secretly issued hundreds of national security letters (NSLs) to obtain private and sensitive records […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
Comcast Charges $1K for a FISA Wiretap
Secrecy News - Implementing Domestic Intelligence Surveillance: Upon lawful request and for a thousand dollars, Comcast, one of the nation’s leading telecommunications companies, will intercept its customers’ communications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The cost for performing any FISA surveillance “requiring deployment of an intercept device” is $1,000.00 for the “initial start-up fee (including […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
EFF Documents Detail Pentagon Demands for Financial Records
Electronic Frontier Foundation - EFF Documents Detail Pentagon Demands for Financial Records: The problems at the Pentagon that are described in the documents appear to mirror some of those confronted by the F.B.I., where an internal investigation this year into the bureauaEUR™s use of thousands of national security letters found widespread problems and little oversight […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
FCC Considers New Technology Mandates, Threatening Innovation and Privacy
CDT - FCC Considers New Technology Mandates, Threatening Innovation and Privacy: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is actively considering whether to adopt technology mandates that have the potential to significantly harm innovation and privacy on the Internet. Two ongoing proceedings–one involving a small part of the ongoing Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) saga […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
An Interesting Peek Into a Lawyer’s Withdrawal From a Case
WSJ Law Blog - An Interesting Peek Into a Lawyer’s Withdrawal From a Case: It’s not too often that we get a peek inside the sausage factory called How a Lawyer Withdraws From a Case. Thanks to the Chicago Tribune, here’s a glimpse into a rather noisy exit.
October 2007 / 1 min.
Should AT&T be held legally responsible for any NSA cooperation?
The Iconoclast - CNET News.com - Should AT&T be held legally responsible for any NSA cooperation?: This is a fine example of McCullagh’s Law in action: Unless you vote my way, Americans will die. (Is the Bush administration really serious about this, by the way? Do they think that gun-toting privacy activists will start kidnapping […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
How to say no to the President? (Medellin v. Texas)
SCOTUSblog - How to say no to the President? The Supreme Court, deeply fascinated with its own role in an interconnected world legal order, spent extra time on Wednesday examining the question of how to say no to the President on a treaty matter and, if it does, to do so without harming the Chief […]
October 2007 / 1 min.
Royal Canadian Mint Owns the Penny
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Licensing of Child Location Services Bill
Spy Blog - Licensing of Child Location Services Bill–does it also apply to tracking vehicles driven by 17 year olds?: The Bill seems to have the right sort of intent, but it could pose serious conflicting legal problems for the police, the primary telecommunications network providers and the third party Location Based Services companies, in […]
October 2007 / 1 min.