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Obama signs intelligence bill increasing protections for whistleblowers
US President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law legislation concerning spending for the US intelligence community that increases protections for intelligence agency whistleblowers. The bipartisan legislation authorizes $564 million in spending (More) |
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Germany summons US Amabassdor in surveillance investigation
The German government summoned the US ambassador John B. Emerson on Friday after the arrest of a man who is claimed to be a US spy working surveillance throughout the country. The German foreign ministry believes that a 31 year old employee of the (More) |
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Government privacy watchdog endorses NSA surveillance of foreign nationals
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) issued a report Wednesday endorsing the National Security Agency's (NSA) surveillance program before a final meeting to discuss and vote on the release of the report. The report contained (More) |
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US charges five Chinese army officers in cyber espionage case
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday announced that a grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania brought hacking charges against the Chinese nationals in a case of cyber espionage. The indictment alleges that the defendants were i (More) |
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Rights groups urge world leaders to regulate surveillance technologies
Amnesty International (AI) announced on Tuesday the creation of a new global coalition that will work with world leaders to keep invasive surveillance systems and technologies out of the hands of dictators and oppressive regimes. The new organizat (More) |
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Is Dragnet Surveillance Constitutional?
JURIST Guest Columnist Alex Abdo of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) explains the constitutional issues surrounding dragnet surveillance and why the ACLU and others are correct in challenging the broad surveillance... (More) |
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Unprecedented Notice of Warrantless Wiretapping in a Closed Case
JURIST Guest Columnist Ramzi Kassem of the CUNY School of Law argues that a notice of warrantless wiretapping could lead to the reopening of criminal cases ... (More) |
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UK court upholds Snowden journalist detention
A UK court on Wednesday rejected a challenge lodged by Brazilian journalist David Miranda, who was detained and questioned by UK authorities in an airport for possessing classified documents leaked by former US National Security Agency (NSA) contra (More) |
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Oversight Board Report May Lead to Surveillance Changes
JURIST Guest Columnist Tung Yin of the Lewis & Clark Law School argues that the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's report on the NSA's telephone records program is likely best directed toward statutory changes in the Foreign Intelligenc (More) |
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Spain Parliament approves proposal to curb universal jurisdiction powers
Spain's Parliament on Tuesday approved a bill that will diminish the powers of Spanish courts to pursue cases of genocide and other crimes against humanity committed abroad. The bill includes a clause to halt current investigations, including the (More) |
Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated in Memphis
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis on April 4, 1968.
Pay a virtual visit to The King Center in Atlanta.
