Tag archive for ‘surveillance’
Arizona joins 13 other states rejecting Real ID scheme
The Real ID law requires states to adopt new procedures by 2010 for making driver’s licenses more secure. Opponents say the new licenses will become de facto national identity cards. They will contain unique identifier numbers which may be used in place of the Social Security number, a number that has been thoroughly debauched. The cost of implementing the requirements of Real ID are about $3.9 billion nationwide.
A Brief Reprieve on FISA: What Now?
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Tim Jones:
Thursday evening, Senator Reid officially delayed a final vote on the FISA Amendments Act until July 8. That gave us just twelve days — now, eleven — to change the political calculus and avoid a Congressional seal of approval on illegal wiretapping.
With the clock counting down, here are three [...]
Senate delays vote on telecom immunity
It’s official: Thanks to overwhelming grassroots action, and the heroic efforts of Senators Dodd and Feingold, the Senate’s vote on whether to grant phone companies immunity from the law for assisting in the President’s illegal wiretapping program has been delayed until after July 4th Recess! This is an unexpected reprieve for civil liberties and the rule of law…
Obama caves on telecom amnesty
Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign released a statement Friday afternoon saying that while Obama opposes amnesty for telecom firms that spied on Americans, he will support the House compromise legislation.
FBI backs off from gag order against the Internet Archive
It is one of only three known instances in which the FBI has backed off from such a data demand, known as a “national security letter,” or NSL, which is not subject to judicial approval and whose recipient is barred from disclosing the order’s existence.
Idaho Legislature approves ‘Real ID’ rejection
Idaho has joined Maine, New Hampshire, Montana and South Carolina in arguing that it will cost millions to make the switch and puts residents’ personal information at risk of theft. Still, states that reject REAL ID fear their residents could be singled out for an extra scrutiny at airports and federal buildings.
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