GCHQ also claimed the ability to manipulate the billing servers of cell companies to “suppress” charges in an effort to conceal the spy agency’s secret actions against an individual’s phone.
I'd bet good money the intelligence task force reviewed this operation and freaked out like the rest of us.
Good. The more pushback against the claim of a 100-mile "Constitution-free zone" at the border, the better. And speaking of borders, James Risen documents a great incident of civil disobedience re: border crossings that occurred a few years back at the VT-Canada border.
I recognize that some people like to get into tech fanboy wars: iPhone v. Android, Mac v. Windows v. Linux, Playstation v. Xbox, etc. That's going to happen, even if it mostly seems like a waste of time.
Here, let me give the trolls a head start: OMG U bash Apple so ur indirectly a GOOGLE SHILL!!1!1
I get the feeling that, if the defendant in question was NOT a sheriff's deputy the judge would have upheld the warrant. The high court / low court phenomenon is very well established.
By the time Leon Panetta was head of the agency, torture (supposedly) stopped. Which makes Tenet/Goss/Hayden responsible for the torture that occurred under their watch. That said, Panetta would have been fully responsible for completing an investigation (or - as we no know - possibly obstructing it) under his watch.
When Glenn Greenwald was a columnist at Salon, the commenters would swamp his articles with all sorts of nastiness whenever he called out the president on misconduct. Says alot about that site...
There's a school of thought that seems to think that those who promote and support legislation in this manner are patriots, with motives pure as the driven snow, concerned only with keeping the nation and its people safe from violent attack
I've found that the same group of people who ascribe to this school of thought also reflexively call any expansions of government policy they don't like as being 'nanny state' or similar. Yet the surveillance state is the ultimate 'nanny state' - and an abusive one, to [jack]boot!
They've represented foreigners in US courts in lawsuits challenging torture, the drone program, etc. Wouldn't be much of a legal stretch for them to challenge a lawsuit bought by a foreigner when there are 1st Amendment issues at play for the defendant - I'm assuming any case against Fox News would be bought in US jurisdiction.
According to this very site, Governor Christie has previously voiced support for the NSA's mass surveillance. Imagine the damage he could do if given access to our intelligence agencies' data.
If there are any ACLU interns who lurk on this site, I humbly suggest that your employers offer their services to Fox News / News Corp pro bono in this case.
Maybe then FOX would drop the whole persecution complex with regards to the ACLU not defending Christians, conservatives or the like.
On the post: This Week In 'The NSA Knows F**king Everything': How It Hacked Most Hard Drives And SIM Cards
Connecting the Dots
On the post: Judge Tosses 16 Kilos Of Meth Because CBP Couldn't Be Bothered To Obtain Consent For Its X-Ray Search
On the post: State Attorney Won't Reopen Questionable Investigation Unless Questionable Law Enforcement Agencies Provide The Evidence
Re: And?
On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 12: Former CIA Employee Barry Eisler Explains Why You Shouldn't Trust The CIA
Time for my best President Obama impression
On the post: Green Bubbles: How Apple Quietly Gets iPhone Users To Hate Android Users
On the post: Wall Street Knows Darn Well That FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Won't Harm Broadband: Stocks Went Up
Let's put on my conspiracy hat
On the post: Child Porn Charges Dropped Because Investigators Cut-And-Paste Wrong Info Into Warrant Requests
On the post: Waterboarding Whistleblower Released From Prison, Two Months After Torture Report's Release Vindicated His Actions
Slight nitpick in this article
On the post: Guardian, Salon Show How Keeping And Fixing News Comments Isn't Hard If You Give Half A Damn
Re: well, two bad examples in a number of ways...
On the post: YouTubers Got To Interview The President Because They're More Legitimate Than Traditional News
On the post: Tomorrow Is Move Your Domain Day: Support The EFF And Get A Year For Free
On the post: UK Legislators Hoping To Rush Through New 'Snooper's Charter' In The Wake Of The Charlie Hebdo Attacks
Re: Patriotism
On the post: Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News
Re: Re:
On the post: Broadband Industry Takes To Congressional Hearing To Praise Wimpy, Neutrality-Killing Proposal It Helped Write
On the post: That Study In Every Paper Claiming Title II Will Result In $15 Billion In New Taxes? Yeah, That's Total Bunk
Re: Re:
On the post: Chris Christie, Port Authority Official Abused E-ZPass Data For Their Own Ends
Some Broader Context
On the post: Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News
Maybe then FOX would drop the whole persecution complex with regards to the ACLU not defending Christians, conservatives or the like.
On the post: Paris, France To Sue Fox News For Being Fox News
Re: Oh, Please
On the post: European Parliament Report Proposes Wide-Ranging Copyright Reform, Including Reduction Of EU Copyright Term
On the post: DailyDirt: Fighting Off Infections In The Future
Next >>