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BBC: “The European Court of Justice has annulled an EU-US agreement requiring airlines to transfer passenger data to the US authorities.” Press release and information from the Court of Justice of the European Communities, May 30, 2006 (3 pages, PDF) Related postings on passenger data collection post 9/11
According to News.com, text from a 25 page redacted brief (PDF) filed on behalf of AT&T on whether the NSA surveillance case can be litigated without compromising state secrets, has been recovered to reveal the company’s response to alleged cooperation with the government phone surveillance program. Also from News.com: U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and …
EFF: “A California state appeals court ruled [Apple v. Does, 69 pages, PDF)] in favor of the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) petition on behalf of three online journalists Friday, holding that the online journalists have the same right to protect the confidentiality of their sources as offline reporters do.” Apple Dealt Setback In Suit Against …
DOJ: “Testimony in the jury trial of former Enron chief executives Jeffrey K. Skilling and Kenneth L. Lay concluded on Monday, May 8, 2006 after fifty-three days of trial proceedings. Closing arguments were presented to the jury May 15, 2006 through mid-morning of May 17, 2006, at which time the jury retired to begin its …
Rove-Novak Call Was Concern To Leak Investigators, by Murray Waas, National Journal: “On September 29, 2003, three days after it became known that the CIA had asked the Justice Department to investigate who leaked the name of covert CIA officer Valerie Plame, columnist Robert Novak telephoned White House senior adviser Karl Rove to assure Rove …
Press release, May 24, 2006: “U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) today introduced legislation (22 pages, PDF) that would reaffirm that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is the exclusive means by which our government can conduct electronic surveillance of U.S. persons on U.S. soil for foreign intelligence purposes.”
Follow-up to previous postings on domestic surveillance of telephone calls, this press release today – ACLU Launches Nationwide Action Against NSA Snooping on Americans’ Phone Calls: “ACLU affiliates in 20 states today filed complaints with Public Utility Commissions or sent letters to state Attorneys General and other officials demanding investigations into whether local telecommunications companies …
“Resignations from the federal bench, once rare, now are increasingly frequent. Since January 1, 2005, nine judges have resigned or retired from the federal bench. As a result, 2005 witnessed the single largest exodus from the federal bench ever.” [Link] For up-to-date information about judicial vacancies, see www.uscourts.gov/judicialvac.html
Follow-up to May 15, 2006 posting, EFF Reports Government Files Secret Motion to Dismiss AT&T Surveillance Case: Press release, May 17, 2006: “A federal judge in San Francisco ruled today that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) can use critical evidence in its class-action lawsuit against AT&T. However, U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker said the evidence …
An interesting article in today’s National Law Journal (free) discusses issues associated with the integrity of digital evidence, including email, photos, and metadata.
Press release: “Early Saturday morning, the United States government filed a motion (32 pages, PDF) to dismiss the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF’s) class-action lawsuit against AT&T for illegally handing over its customers’ telephone and Internet records and communications to the National Security Agency. The government claims that its legal brief and two affidavits from senior …
Follow-up to yesterday’s posting, Lawful Intelligence and Surveillance of Terrorists in an Emergency by NSA Act Introduced Today, see Whispering Wires and Warrantless Wiretaps, by Kim Taipale, N.Y.U. REV. L. & SECURITY, No. VII Supl., “Bulletin: The NSA and the War on Terror,” (Spring 2006). “This essay examines certain implications of employing [automated data analysis …
