Court Kills ‘Round-The-Clock’ Surveillance Case

November 23rd, 2009 admin

Welcome to the tinfoil hat club. That’s what a federal appeals court is telling Scott Tooley of Kentucky in dismissing his civil rights lawsuit. Tooley believes the government put him under blanket surveillance after he said the word bomb to an airline agent. Tooley sued the government on allegations of invasion of privacy and for violation of his First Amendment speech rights, claiming he was subjected to “round-the-clock surveillance” following his 2002 B-word utterance. The alleged spying targeting Tooley ranged from phone taps to RFID chips on his vehicles. He claimed he was placed on an airline travel watchlist, and, in 2005, spotted an undercover agent in a Ford Crown Victoria parked outside his …


Originally posted on Wired

 
  Related Posts
Terror Suspects Win Court Case On Secret Evidence – UK
Two men suspected of terrorist-related activities have won a landmark High Court battle against government use of secret evidence to deny them bail. Two judges ruled that a person cannot be denied bail solely on the basis of secret evidence. Human rights solicitors have described the judgement as a “historic” victory. Home Secretary Alan... 
Supreme Court Takes ‘Informational Privacy’ Case
Supreme Court Takes ‘Informational Privacy’ Case
The U.S. Supreme Court is agreeing to decide how much personal information the federal bureaucracy may acquire on its workers. The justices, without comment, decided Monday to review a lower-court decision surrounding the concept of so-called “ informational privacy .” The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco struck down... 
It’s almost 2010, yearly round of new year related malware is going on.
The first signs of New Year malware for this year were already sighted a while back, but the current one we’re seeing in circulation wishes “Happy New Year 2010″ and points to a fast flux domain site which serves up Trojan-Downloader:W32/Agent.MUG. This particular trojan will try to install further malware, though the content it’s... 
Me on Surveillance Cameras
My fourth essay for CNN.com, on surveillance cameras. The Al-Mabhouh assassination made a nice news hook….  Read More →
Alleged Assassins Caught on Dubai Surveillance Tape
Dubai authorities have released extensive footage from surveillance cameras that allegedly shows the movements of a professional 11-person assassination team in the hours before and after a top Hamas leader was killed last month in a hotel room. The footage, taken from cameras at the Dubai airport and several luxury hotels, follows the activities... 
Bali Bomber Mastermind Dulmatin Kiilled in Shoot-out
The alleged mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings is believed to have been killed in a shoot-out with Indonesian police on the outskirts of Jakarta today. Dulmatin, nicknamed “the Genius”, was an explosives expert who was believed to have set off one of the Bali bombs with a mobile phone, as well as helping to This story comes to us... 
Walmart Sued Over Surveillance Camera in Bathroom
Walmart Sued Over Surveillance Camera in Bathroom
Seven former and current Walmart employees are suing one of the retailer’s Pennsylvania stores for installing a surveillance camera in a unisex bathroom used by employees and customers, according to ABC News. The camera was allegedly installed by two employees in the company’s loss-prevention department, with the aim of monitoring... 
More Surveillance in the UK
This seems like a bad idea: Police in the UK are planning to use unmanned spy drones, controversially deployed in Afghanistan, for the “routine” monitoring of antisocial motorists, protesters, agricultural thieves and fly-tippers, in a significant expansion of covert state surveillance. Once again, laws and technologies deployed against... 
Yahoo Issues Takedown Notice for Spying Price List
Yahoo Issues Takedown Notice for Spying Price List
Yahoo isn’t happy that a detailed menu of the spying services it provides law enforcement agencies has leaked onto the web. Shortly after Threat Level reported this week that Yahoo had blocked the FOIA release of its law enforcement and intelligence price list, someone provided a copy of the company’s spying guide to the whistleblower... 
DOJ Pays $4M a Year to Read Public Court Documents
DOJ Pays $4M a Year to Read Public Court Documents
The federal court system charged the Department of Justice more than $4 million in 2009 for access to its electronic court filing system, which is composed entirely of documents in the public domain. That’s according to government documents made public through a Freedom of Information Act request by open government advocate Carl Malamud... 
  Related Tweets from Twitter
NitaJai (Nita Jai PR )  : RT @pvpanther7: Big ups to @USATodaysports for the cover story on #PVAMU!!!..
Updated : 2010-03-10T17:21:44Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
CJStarchild (Chris Stevens)  : RT @pvpanther7: Big ups to @USATodaysports for the cover story on #PVAMU!!!..
Updated : 2010-03-10T17:18:23Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
The_Dero (Deric Anderson)  : RT @pvpanther7: Big ups to @USATodaysports for the cover story on #PVAMU!!!..
Updated : 2010-03-10T17:18:04Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
pvpanther7 (Rich)  : Big ups to @USATodaysports for the cover story on #PVAMU!!!..
Updated : 2010-03-10T17:17:05Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
RoParrish (OLIVER KLOSOF)  : Man..Fmr Gov Jessie Ventura just went HARD on The View...I believe e'r thing he said..so many cover-ups in the united states government smdh..
Updated : 2010-03-10T16:55:30Z   |  Reply  |  View Tweet
  Related News from Digg
No comments yet.

Spam Protection by WP-SpamFree

TOP