Feds Want Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned, Saying Law Can’t Touch Them

ShareThis Feds Want Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned, Saying Law Can’t Touch Them 31 May 2012 The Obama administration is set to argue to a federal appeals court Friday that the government may breach, with impunity, domestic spying laws adopted in the wake of President Richard M. Nixon’s Watergate scandal. The case tests whether Americans may [...]

No Checks or Balances in Warrantless Wiretapping Despite Holder’s Assurances

No Checks or Balances in Warrantless Wiretapping Despite Holder’s Assurances (via EFF) Attorney General Eric Holder gave a much publicized speech at Northwestern law school on Monday, in which he attempted to explain the Obama administration’s constitutional authority for killing U.S. citizens abroad without judicial oversight. Holder in part claimed that there is a difference [...]

U.S. court approves warrantless searches of cell phones

ShareThis U.S. court approves warrantless searches of cell phones 01 Mar 2012 U.S. police can search a cell phone for its number without having a warrant, according to a federal appeals court ruling. Officers in Indiana found a number of cell phones at the scene of a drug bust, and searched each phone for its [...]