This New York Times article, New Tools for Domestic Spying, and Qualms, provides important perspective on the increasingly contentious issues associated with domestic surveillance and civil liberties in the post 9/11 world. Data on citizens who use public services such as libraries, and a range of commercial services, such as flight training schools and scuba… Continue Reading
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Category Archives: Patriot Act
Oregon City Opposes Patriot Act
Although primarily a symbolic action, the Eugene City Council passed a resolution, with impetus from 2,000 citizen signatures on a petition, stating the city’s opposition to the USA Patriot Act. See also my other posting on a growing movement by municipalities to oppose the Patriot Act. Continue Reading
ACLU and Gov't Docs on Patriot Act
The ACLU and EPIC have secured an order from Judge Huvelle, U.S. District Court, D.C., in response to their FOIA complaint for Patriot Act related documents. A list of those documents the DOJ will release must be provided to the groups by January 15, 2003, however, the agency has indicated that documents will be withheld… Continue Reading
Ashcroft and the Internet – A Perspective
In 1997, then Senator Ashcroft of Missouri published a statement called, Keep Big Brother’s Hands Off the Internet. Fast forward to the Patriot Act. Continue Reading
ACLU Demands Patriot Act Docs
On October 24, 2002 the ACLU filed a FOI lawsuit to obtain DOJ documents pertaining to the government’s various Patriot Act surveillance programs and initiatives. In a press release issued today, the ACLU is again demanding that the DOJ comply with their demand to release documents the government admits to having compiled, but to date,… Continue Reading
Lawsuit Seeking Patriot Act Documents
Advocacy groups the ACLU, EPIC, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the Freedom to Read Foundation have sued the DOJ under FOIA in an effort to obtain documents related to the implementation of the Patriot Act that involve libraries, bookstores and newspapers. Continue Reading
Patriot Act Implementation
The House Judiciary Committee released the text of the DOJ’s 28 answers from a total of 50 questions submitted by Representatives Conyers and Sensenbrenner concerning privacy, surveillance and data collection issues associated with the implementation of the Patriot Act. Many of the answers however remain classified. The ACLU is certainly not satisfied with the answers,… Continue Reading
Student Web Site Prevails in Battle with University
The University of California at San Diego has taken alot of flack for their attempt to force a student site to remove web links to revolutionary groups on university owned servers. See my previous posting on this topic. The University has now decided to recind their demand on basis of the students right to free… Continue Reading
University Bans Link on Student Web Site
According to this article on CNET, UC San Diego has directed the student run Ché Café Collective web site to remove links to an organization identified by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization, in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. Continue Reading
New DOJ Guidelines for Intelligence Agency Info Sharing and the PATRIOT Act
Attorney General announces new guidelines to share information between federal law enforcement and the U.S. intelligence community, Septemer 23, 2002. “Today’s guidelines establish procedures for the disclosure to the intelligence community of grand jury and electronic, wire, and oral interception information that identifies a United States person, as defined by federal law.” Continue Reading
Public Access to Government Information
OMB Watch is a non-profit advocacy group that has been shining a bright light on the activities of the Office of Management and Budget since 1983. Post 9/11, their work has become more prominent as they track new government guidelines and regulations that restrict public access to data. Continue Reading
What is the Office of Legal Policy?
This DOJ Factsheet indicates that the Office of Legal Policy will play a major role in Patriot Act related issues of security, privacy and surveillance. Continue Reading
