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Patterns of Global Terrorism 2003, a report released by the Secretary of State on April 29, will undergo revisions to correct inaccurate and incomplete data. The data was compiled by the Terrorist Threat Integration Center. From the June 14 State Department Daily Press Briefing statement by spokesman Richard Boucher: “Whether we put out a whole …
“Today washingtonpost.com is posting a copy of the Aug. 1, 2002, memorandum (50 pages, PDF) “Re: Standards of Conduct for Interrogation under 18 U.S.C. 2340-2340A,” from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel for Alberto R. Gonzales, counsel to President Bush.” [Link] Related reference – see also Text: Ashcroft Comments on Anti-Terror Policy, June 8, …
“In court papers (16 pages, pdf) filed June 9, EPIC is seeking the expedited release of records from the Transportation Security Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation detailing the agencies’ efforts to obtain passenger information from major commercial airlines. A document (pdf) obtained by EPIC earlier this year led to the revelation that the FBI …
The Wall Street Journal posted, free to non-subscribers, the PDF text (49 pages) of a controversial DoD memo, stamped DRAFT, and titled Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations in the Global War on Terrorism: Assessment of Legal, Historical, Policy, and Operational Considerations, 6 March 2003. From Newsweek, this link to an article, “A Defense Dept. …
From the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, this news of a 2nd Circuit decision (33 pages, PDF) released on June 8, that in part concluded: “We hold that the public and press enjoy a qualified First Amendment right of access to docket sheets. We also hold that the defendant court administrators have the …
On FOIA Front, More Agencies Contract Out: Private Firms Have Growing Role in Handling Backlogs of Requests for Government Records Related reference: see the FAS Project on Government Secrecy, which “works to challenge excessive government secrecy and to promote public oversight.”
TSA Begins Second Phase of Rail Security Experiment: “Amtrak passengers boarding long-distance trains at Washington, D.C.’s Union Station will have their checked luggage screened for explosives June 730 as part of the second stage of a pilot program exploring new measures for rail security, the Department of Homeland Security announced today.”
City to delete its old e-mail: “After 90 days, messages will be gone from system; Public-records questions raised; Workers will have to find and save official material.”
From the WSJ online, Seven Clicks Away, by Newton N. Minow, is available here for one week, to those without a subscription. Mr. Minow, Chairman of the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (Tapac) to the Department of Defense, refers to the report on data mining and terrorism that his committee delivered to Congress this week. …
Govt Computer Surveillance Rings Alarm Bells Survey Finds U.S. Agencies Engaged in ‘Data Mining’: See the following report, issued today by the GAO – Data Mining: Federal Efforts Cover a Wide Range of Uses. GAO-04-548, May 4. Highlights. “Our survey of 128 federal departments and agencies on their use of data mining shows that 52 …
Information Technology: Homeland Security Should Better Balance Need for System Integration Strategy with Spending for New and Enhanced Systems. GAO-04-509, May 21. From the Highlights: “GAO is making recommendations to the Secretary aimed at limiting the department’s investment in IT systems until the department’s IT strategic management framework is sufficiently defined and the department’s CIO …
Staff Statement No. 14: Crisis Management Links to submitted testimony. Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani’s statement is not currently online, but for reference, see Giuliani Mounts Spirited Defense of City’s Response to 9/11. From the Commission’s Media Advisory of today: “The 9-11 Commission has selected W. W. Norton & Company as the authorized publisher of …
