Category «Civil Liberties»

DOJ OIG Report on Top Management and Performance Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2006

DOJ OIG – Top Management Challenges in the Department of Justice – 2006 Challenges [Full Report] Section by section: Counterterrorism Sharing of Law Enforcement and Intelligence Information Information Technology Systems Planning, Implementation, and Security Violent Crime Financial Management and Systems Detention and Incarceration Supply and Demand for Drugs Grant Management Civil Rights and Civil Liberties …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, E-Government, Government Documents

Leahy Seeks Newly Disclosed Documents On Administrations Interrogation And Detention Policies

Follow-up to this November 14, 2006 posting, CIA Provides Documentation of Presidential Order on Detention Facilities Abroad, see this press release: “Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has sent a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales seeking the release of previously unknown documents, relating to the Bush Administration’s interrogation and detention policies, that came to light as …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, Government Documents, Legal Research

Group Urges Appeals Court to Affirm Landmark Decision Striking Down Warrantless NSA Spying

Following up in general on postings related to the administration’s domestic surveillance program, and specifically on, Federal Judge Rules NSA Domestic Surveillance Program Unconstitutional, this news today: “The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Michigan today urged a federal appeals court (6th Circuit, Cincinnati, Ohio) to uphold a lower court ruling declaring the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Government Documents, Privacy

CIA Provides Documentation of Presidential Order on Detention Facilities Abroad

Press release: “In response to an ongoing lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, the CIA has acknowledged the existence of two documents authorizing it to detain and interrogate terrorism suspects overseas. For more than two years, the CIA had refused to either deny or confirm the existence of the documents and had argued …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

2006 Mid-Term Elections – A Look Back At E-Voting

Christian Science Monitor: Election boosts trust in US voting systems – “Exit polls suggest that 88 percent of Americans felt confident in their voting device Tuesday.” VotersUnite.org – Election Problem Log – 2006 (data can be sorted by state, type and date) electionline.org: Widespread glitches, snafus and fender-benders, but few major meltdowns Gannett News Service: …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government

Privacy International and EPIC Launch Privacy and Human Rights Global Study

Privacy International and EPIC Launch Privacy and Human Rights Global Study: “Each year since 1997, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy International have undertaken what has now become the most comprehensive survey of global privacy ever published. The Privacy & Human Rights Report surveys developments in 70 countries, assessing the state of technology, surveillance …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Privacy

Call the National Voter Assistance Hotline If You Experience Problems

“The Election Protection Hotline, 1-866-687-8683, is the only national voter assistance hotline staffed by live call center operators trained to provide state specific assistance to all voters. Lawyers, poll monitors and additional volunteers will be mobilized in 16 key states across the nation to assist voters in the days leading up to the election and …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Legal Research

Poll Watching Engages Range of Grass Roots Participants

WSJ free feature, A New Breed of Watchdog For Election Day: “When Americans go to vote tomorrow, a new breed of activist will be on guard, monitoring polling stations for everything from voting-machine glitches to long lines to registration snafus.”

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government

Recent CRS Reports on Covert Action, Pakistan, Iraq, and Journalists' Privilege

Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, November 2, 2006 Pakistan-U.S. Relations, Updated October 26, 2006 Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations, 1998-2005, October 23, 2006 Iraq: Post-Saddam Governance and Security, Updated October 18, 2006 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Trade Between North Korea and Pakistan, Updated October 11, 2006 Journalists’ Privilege: Overview of the …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Congress, E-Government, Government Documents, Legal Research

Article Addresses New Limits On Lawyer Access to Detainees

Follow-up to previous postings on the Military Commissions Act of 2006, see this ABA Journal article, DOJ proposes new limits on lawyer access to detainees, data. See also ABA’s 2006 Legislative Priorities: Anti-Terrorism and Preservation of Due Process — Enemy Combatants

Subjects: Civil Liberties

Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Backgrounders on Upcoming SCOTUS Cases on Abortion

The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: “Two cases challenging the constitutionality of the Federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act have reached the Supreme Court, with arguments scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 8.” Legal backgrounder of issues in the cases Fact sheet surveying abortion laws around the world Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research, Privacy

UK Report Reviews Surveillance in 2006 With Projections Through 2016

The UK Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, today issued a press release and a publication titled, A Surveillance Society (102 pages, PDF), a report commissioned for the International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners, currently underway. The report “looks at surveillance in 2006 and projects forward ten years to 2016. It describes a surveillance society …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, E-Government, Government Documents, Privacy

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