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eFluxMedia Civil Liberties Groups sue for info on cell phone lojacking Ars Technica - 56 minutes ago By Julian Sanchez | Published: July 03, 2008 - 08:23AM CT We expect our cell phones to do a lot these days: make calls, check e-mail, take photographs, play music, surf Web sites, let the government track your every move. Civil Rights Groups Sue Over Government's Cell-Phone Tracking InformationWeek Groups Sue US Government Over Mobile Phone Tracking New York Times ZDNet - United Press International - Washington Post - VNUNet.com all 46 news articles ... Source: www.technologyowl.com.com --- 49 days ago
How easily can the government turn your mobile phone into a homing beacon? The ACLU and EFF are suing to find out. Read More... ... Source: www.computerworld.com --- 49 days ago
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation are suing the U.S. Department of Justice over mobile phone tracking. ... Source: www.cnn.com --- 1 day ago
More than 200,000 children were spanked or paddled in U.S. schools during the past school year, human rights Groups reported today. "Corporal punishment discourages learning, fails to deter future misbehavior and at times even provokes it," wrote Alice Farmer, the author of a joint report from Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
DENVER - Activist Groups say the converted warehouse poses a threat to Civil Liberties. The city maintains the facility is needed in case of mass arrests during the Democratic National Convention. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 7 days ago
The Big Apple is turning into Big Brother, Civil Liberties Groups have warned in response to a new plan from New York city's police chiefs to photograph every vehicle entering Manhattan and hold the details on a massive database. ... Source: www.boston.com --- 20 days ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. Bush order shifts intelligence roles President Bush's new executive order revising rules for intelligence agencies expands the national intelligence director's powers and may further erode the CIA's autonomy. The order, revised in secret and signed Wednesday, drew criticism from Civil Liberties Groups and lawmakers. House Republicans on the Intelligence Committee walked out of a briefing on the order ... ... Source: www.salon.com --- 13 days ago
A federal judge has ruled against a challenge to the security plans put in place for the Democratic National Convention. The ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado on behalf of advocacy Groups that contend the plans are an unconstitutional restriction on free-speech rights. The designated public protest zone is more than 700 feet away from the entrance to the Pepsi Center, where the convention is being held, and will be obstructed from delegates' view by a media tent. Still to be considered are the security plans for Barack Obama's acceptance speech, which will be held at the Denver Broncos' stadium, Invesco Field at Mile High. A hearing on those plans has been scheduled for Aug. 12. ... Source: www.care2.com --- 2 days ago
DENVER - Activist Groups say the converted warehouse poses a threat to Civil Liberties. The city maintains the facility is needed in case of mass arrests during the Democratic National Convention. Submitted by Brian R. to US Politics & Gov't | Note-it! | Add a Comment ... Source: www.commondreams.org --- 19 days ago
WASHINGTON - President Bush’s new executive order revising rules for intelligence agencies expands the national intelligence director’s powers and may further erode the CIA’s traditional autonomy. The order, revised in secret and signed Wednesday, is drawing criticism from Civil Liberties Groups and even lawmakers from the president’s own party. House Republicans on the intelligence committee walked out [...] ...
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), along with a variety of other Groups, has issued a statement to the U.S. Supreme Court, claiming that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) lacks the authority to regulate non-obscene speech. ... Source: www.myrtlebeachonline.com --- 18 days ago
A 73-year-old retired surgeon marching in silence with a tombstone picturing a soldier killed in Iraq. A philosophy professor calling for a new investigation into the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A long-haul trucker from Texas protesting the price of oil. Those are just a few of the images that demonstrators hope will capture the attention of delegates, journalists and others attending the Republican National Convention. Tens of thousands - from anarchists and immigrants to advocates for the poor - plan to use the streets outside the Xcel Center as a national podium, transforming downtown St. Paul into a marketplace of ideas. "There are some Groups that are going to be here just because this is a big stage," said Chuck Samuelson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. "But I think the majority of Groups are here because they really want to demonstrate to the delegates that they want to see some sort of changes in the party platform." ... Source: www.kentucky.com --- 2 days ago
Two senators are seeking to delay new Justice Department rules that would let the FBI investigate Americans without any evidence of wrongdoing. The lawmakers fear the rules could lead to the singling out Muslims, Arabs or other racial and ethnic Groups. In a letter Monday, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Republican Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said the proposed rules raise potential Civil Liberties concerns. They asked Attorney General Michael Mukasey to hold off finalizing the rules until Congress can hold hearings. A Justice Department spokesman said the letter was being reviewed. The rules are known as the attorney general guidelines, and they govern how the FBI runs national security investigations. They are expected to be finalized later this week or early next week. ... Source: www.michaelmoore.com --- 15 days ago
2008-08-05 PENTAGON CLOSES CONTROVERSIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT WASHINGTON ( Reuters ) - The Pentagon on Monday said it was closing a controversial intelligence office that had raised concerns about domestic spying by the military after the September 11 attacks. The Defense Department said it had "disestablished" the Counterintelligence Field Activity office, or CIFA, created in February 2002 by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to manage defense and armed service efforts against intelligence threats from foreign powers and Groups such as al Qaeda. Those responsibilities will now be carried out by a new organization called the Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center, overseen by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency. CIFA's operations stirred concern among members of Congress and Civil Liberties advocates. A CIFA database known as Talon, set up to monitor threats against U.S. military installations, was found to have retained information on U.S. antiwar protesters including Quakers after they had been found to pose no security danger, officials said. Talon, the acronym for Threat and Local Observation Notice, was ended last year as a result of the outcry. But the controversy, leading the Defense Department to reorganize CIFA's functions after a broad review of Pentagon intelligence operations, officials said. A senior defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Defense Secretary Robert Gates app ... Source: wamu.org --- 18 days ago
Maryland Governor Martin O`Malley has appointed a former federal prosecutor to conduct a review of spying conducted by the State Police. Stephen Sachs, who served as a U.S. attorney and Maryland's attorney general, will head the review of surveillance that agents from the State Police conducted on anti-death penalty Groups and peace activists. The spying happened during 14 months in 2005 and 2006 -- before O'Malley became governor. It was described in documents the American Civil Liberties Union sued to obtain from the State Police. Sachs says he wants to ensure police do not infringe on citizens' rights to free speech. He adds his review will be independent and objective. Sachs was U.S. attorney for Maryland from 1967 to 1970. He was also Maryland's attorney general from 1979 to 1987. Gene Kuleta reports... ... Source: allnurses.com --- 1 day ago
:smokin: http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/837459.html A proposed domestic spying measure, which would make it easier for state and local police to collect intelligence about Americans and share the sensitive data with federal agencies, would "turn police officers into spies on behalf of the federal government," an ACLU official said. Michael German, a former FBI agent who is the policy counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said that easing established limits on intelligence-gathering would lead to abuses against peaceful political dissenters. Civil Liberties Groups have also warned that forthcoming Justice Department rules for the FBI may permit the use of terrorist profiles that could single out religious or ethnic Groups such as Muslims or Arabs for investigation. The proposal, unveiled quietly last month by the Justice Department, would revise the federal governments rules for police intelligence-gathering for the first time since 1993 and would apply to any of the 18,000 state and local police agencies that receive roughly $1.6 billion each year in federal grants. ... Source: www.moldova.org --- 12 days ago
Maryland police could lose $4.5 million if their use of a criminal database to track peaceful activists violated federal rules, a rights-advocacy group said.State police spying on protest Groups appears legal under Maryland law, legal analysts told The Washington Times. But entering an activist's name in a drug-trafficking and terror-suspect database without justification could go against federal regulations on gathering personal information and could violate Maryland privacy laws, the newspaper said.It seems to me patently obvious they violated these (federal) regulations, said David Rocah, staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland.Police could lose all or some of its federal funds for violating the rules, he said. ... Source: www.politicswest.com --- 13 days ago
Advocacy Groups and the American Civil Liberties Union said today they won't appeal a federal judge's ruling that upheld law enforcement and the city... read more ... Source: www.denverpost.com --- 13 days ago
Advocacy Groups and the American Civil Liberties Union said today they won't appeal a federal judge's ruling that upheld law enforcement and the city and county of Denver's security plans during the Democratic National Convention. ... Find more results for Civil Liberties Groups on RSSMicro.com |
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Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Tuesday 12 August 2008 at 00:43:00 They can ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston Civil Liberties Groups are stepping into the battle between the federal government and three students from MIT. The trio of students was planning to give a presentation on Sunday at... ...