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“Documents obtained by EPIC under the Freedom of Information Act reveal the complete draft standards for voting technology. The standards, which were developed by a technical committee for the Election Assistance Commission, could determine how votes will be tabulated in future elections. Other documents obtained by EPIC reveal vendor attempts to influence the development of …
“EPIC joined eight civil liberties organizations to submit a “friend of the court” brief (38 pages, PDF) in Forensic Advisors v. Matrixx Initiatives, a case before the Maryland Court of Special Appeals in which a pharmaceutical company is attempting to force a newsletter publisher to disclose his subscriber list. The company wants to use the …
White House Press release: President Visits National Counterterrorism Center “I mean, not only are we sharing information here at home, we’re sharing information with our allies, with our coalition partners. See, terrorists are willing to strike at anybody who loves freedom, and our job is to protect free societies — the freest of all societies …
Follow-up to several postings on the FEC and bloggers (here, here, and here), news today from the Center for Democracy and Policy: “In two sets of comments filed today with the Federal Election Commission, CDT urged the FEC to declare that the online political speech of bloggers and other ordinary citizens is exempt from the …
The Proposal to Reauthorize and Expand Parts of the USA PATRIOT Act: Why It’s Unnecessary and, In Some Respects, Dangerous, By Anita Ramastry. Patriot Act Extension Debated at Closed Congressional Meeting American Civil Liberties Union Testimony at an Oversight Hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001: Section 505 (National Security Letters) and Section 804 …
From today’s LA Times (reg. req’d), Federal ID Act May Be Flawed – The new law could actually increase the risk of a person’s identity being stolen, critics say. Commentary on Ramifications of REAL ID Act From the National Conference of State Legislatures, this table summarizes the act’s driver’s license title
FBI asks US Congress for new power to seize documents Related reference: From EFF DeepLinks, a copy of a letter [PDF] to the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence expressing the collective opposition by a range of civil liberties/civil rights organizations, “to granting to the FBI in national security investigations …
“On Thursday, May 26, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence will consider in closed session a draft bill that would both renew and expand various USA PATRIOT Act powers. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has obtained a copy of the draft bill, along with the committee’s summary of it..” [Link] Draft of new PATRIOT Act …
From the ACLU press release: “The Senate Intelligence Committee announced today that it is rushing forward with a markup of Patriot Act reauthorization legislation Thursday, but that the session will be behind closed doors…Some of the most extreme parts of the Patriot Act are set to sunset, or expire, at the end of this year …
The Terror Watch List, under development for several years, has been plagued by set-backs; administrative, technical and political in nature. This BusinessWeek.com article reviews the origins of the system, the technology hurdles encountered during the course of its development, and the plans for its completion. See also Airline screening program panned by House appropriators
Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, Oversight Hearing on the “Implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act: Prohibition of Material Support Under Sections 805 of the USA PATRIOT Act and 6603 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.” Witness Statements: Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, United States Department of Justice; Gregory Katsas, …
Continued Oversight of the USA PATRIOT Act, Senate Judiciary Committee, May 10, 2005 Testimony: Bob Barr, David Cole, Danile P. Collins, James X. Dempsey, Andrew C. McCarthy, Suzanne E. Spaulding Member Statements: Patrick Leahy – “Legitimate concerns have been raised about various powers granted by the PATRIOT Act, not so much for how they have …
