CDT: “A federal appeals court today ruled 2-1 that telephone regulators and the FBI can control the design of Internet services in order to make government wiretapping easier. The decision (29 pages, PDF), which is damaging both to civil liberties and technology innovation, came in a case in which CDT joined with a coalition of… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2006
D.C. Court of Appeals Oral Arguments Now Available Online
Press release: “The public may now listen to arguments held before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals without having to attend in person, thanks to new technology instated June 7 that provides real-time audio coverage via web streaming. Similar technology has been put in place in 21 states including California, Florida, New York, and… Continue Reading
Commentary on DOJ Prosecution of Press Leaks of Classified Info
Can the Justice Department Prosecute Reporters Who Publish Leaked Classified Information Interpreting the Espionage Act, by Louis Klarevas Related postings: DOJ Testimony Reiterates AG Policy on Journalists and Leaks and AG States Prosecution of Journalists for Leaks is Legal Continue Reading
Report on Alleged Secret Detentions in Council of Europe Member States
Council of Europe, June 7, 2006: Alleged secret detentions and unlawful inter-state transfers of detainees involving Council of Europe member states – draft Recommendation and Resolution Explanatory memorandum, by Mr Dick Marty, Rapporteur, June 7, 2007 Continue Reading
Courts Compliance With E-Government Act Nearly Total
Press release: “For 2006, the Judiciary reports to Congress that each of the nearly 200 federal courts have websites and the vast majority of those sites satisfy or exceed all of the currently applicable requirements of the E-Government Act of 2002. By statute, a report on court compliance with the Act must be submitted to… Continue Reading
2006 Trafficking in Persons Report – Department of State
2006 Trafficking in Persons Report – U.S. Department of State: “Human traffickers prey on the most vulnerable and turn a commercial profit at the expense of innocent lives. The State Department’s efforts to end this evil trade exemplify transformational diplomacy. We work with international partners to secure the freedom of those who are exploited and… Continue Reading
National Journal Continues to Explore Ashcroft's Role in Plame CIA Leak Investigation
What Ashcroft Was Told, By Murray Waas, National Journal, June 8, 2006 “Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft continued to oversee the Valerie Plame-CIA leak probe for more than two months in late 2003 after he learned in extensive briefings that FBI agents suspected White House aides Karl Rove and I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby of trying to… Continue Reading
Hearings Examine Repeated Data Breaches at Federal Agencies
Government Reform Committee Oversight Hearing, “Once More Into the Data Breach: The Security of Personal Information at Federal Agencies,” June 8, 2006. “The data loss at VA is the largest by a federal agency to date, and the latest in a long string of personal information breaches in the public and private sectors, including financial… Continue Reading
Archivist for JFK Library Announces Launch of Huge Digital Library
AP reported that JFK archvist Allan Goodrich announced a huge digitization project to be completed by the end of 2007, which would provide web access to “48 million pages of documents, 400,000 photos and 1,200 hours of video..” NARA press release: “Twenty-nine years after participating in the formal groundbreaking of the Kennedy Presidential Library and… Continue Reading
New ID Theft Notification Law Takes Effect in Indiana
Indiana House House Bill 1101 (HB 1101) which takes effect July 1, will “require disclosure of security breaches and encryption of data by companies holding customers’ and clients’ personal identification information in computer databases if it could cause identity theft, identity deception, or fraud.” Press release from Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter, May 31, 2006:… Continue Reading
Internet Caucus Advisory Committee Hosts Discussion and Posts Issue Papers on Net Neutrality
June 8, 2006: “The Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (ICAC) hosted a discussion focusing on the legislative proposals percolating in Congress on so-called Network Neutrality. No fewer than six House and Senate bills are circulating in Congress that in some way address this amorphous policy question.” [Link] “…the ICAC has requested of all its 200 member… Continue Reading
Request Copies of Military Personnel Records
From NARA: For military veterans, or next of kin: “Use our system to create a customized order form to request information from your, or your relative’s, military personnel records.” Continue Reading
