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15 May 2015, 8:51 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Wednesday approves the USA Freedom Act [text], which would end the National Security Agency's (NSA) [official website] mass collection of Americans' phone data. [read post]
26 Jul 2016, 1:35 pm
This new USA Today article, headlined "Study examines evolving rates, perceptions of marijuana use," reports on some new data on marijuana consumption and related topics in the United States. [read post]
9 Apr 2012, 2:30 pm
On March 28, a federal court in Alaska issued a preliminary injunction that bars Greenpeace USA from interfering with ships that Shell is using to support its plans to drill in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas off the northwestern coast of Alaska, where Shell holds oil and gas leases it obtained from the federal government. [read post]
27 Feb 2005, 11:26 am
Sabawi Ibrahim al-Hassan was number 36 (6 of diamonds) on the list of 55 most-wanted Iraqis [USA Today cards graphic], and the US government had a $1 million bounty on his head. [read post]
18 May 2014, 10:25 pm
If the records don't exist at the time of the order, then the government uses a different tool. [read post]
21 Feb 2011, 8:53 pm
USA v. [read post]
10 Feb 2014, 4:13 pm
This can happen through ongoing improvements to the USA FREEDOM Act as well as through additional bills.The EFF does list 7 steps the USA Freedom Act uses to improve privacy rights:1. [read post]
1 Feb 2021, 9:00 am
However, there is an argument being made that the federal government is using the resources of major communication service providers to obtain records of citizens without legal justification. [read post]
Victory: Government to Release More NSA Documents and FISA Court Opinions in Response to EFF Lawsuit
15 Nov 2013, 9:03 am
In fact, earlier this year, the government refused to disclose even the number of pages in the documents it was withholding from us. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 9:53 am
Case in point from today's McPaper: "Some pharmacies are charging three times what others are for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu used by children, USA TODAY has found. [read post]
26 Sep 2017, 4:08 pm
In June, the government released the first batch of FISC opinions that concerned the government’s use of Section 702, the warrantless surveillance law set to expire in a few months. [read post]
29 Aug 2009, 9:55 pm
Internet publication Wired.com reports on a fascinating case of evidence seized by foreign authorities in the case of Ukranian defendant Yastremsky arrested in Turkey, which the US government sought to introduce in US district court NY. [read post]
13 Sep 2004, 3:52 am
Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) released a report Monday which concludes that profiling based on racial or religious background has become a growing problem in the US as the government expands its war on terror. [read post]
10 Jun 2008, 8:15 pm
The EU's top antitrust official called on member governments to use open-source software, an apparent jab at Microsoft Corp.'s proprietary technology. [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 10:54 am
HB2 provides that individuals must use the restroom based upon the sex indicated on their birth certificate in state or government buildings. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 10:07 am
But passing the USA Freedom Act will help us protect a vital part of America. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 9:21 am
Supreme Court limits access to government records in loss for Argus Leader, part of the USA TODAY NetworkJonathan Ellis & Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, June 24, 2019The Supreme Court limited public and media access to government records Monday by expanding a federal law's definition of what can be deemed confidential.At issue was whether confidentiality, as used in a section of the Freedom of Information Act, means… [read post]
9 May 2008, 7:38 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard oral arguments Friday in the appeal by former USA Today reporter Toni Locy [profile] against sanctions imposed on her for refusing to disclose government sources [RCFP backgrounder] who provided information about former US Army germ-warfare researcher Dr. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 2:49 pm
" The new USA Freedom Act does not address Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, the problematic 2008 law that the government uses for PRISM and "upstream" mass surveillance. [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 10:22 am
Please help us pass this bill. [read post]
