Thursday technology link round-up
Kade Crockford, Author at Privacy SOS | Page 177 of 182
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Senate Select Intelligence Committee quietly votes to extend FAA
As everyone expected them to do, the members of the secretive Senate Select Committe on Intelligence have attached a two and a half year extension of the controversial FISA Amendments Act (FAA) to the routine Intelligence Authorization Act, the bill that funds the intelligence operations of the US government.
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The Unintended Consequences of the King Hearings
On July 27 Rep. Peter King held his third Congressional hearing on the “radicalization” of Muslim Americans, putting the spotlight on Somali American youth. Only one Somali speaker gave testimony, Ahmed Hussen from Canada. Below Abdinasir Egal, a researcher with African Rights Monitor and organizer of the Somali Diaspora Youth Conference in Boston in mid July, voices his concerns.
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Is the TSA getting ready to implement Israeli-style security at US airports?
According to Politico, yup. The Israeli system relies heavily on racial profiling.
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ShareMeNot!
A new Firefox add-on, ShareMeNot, prevents Facebook and Google+ from installing cookies on your computer before you choose to interact with the programs by clicking "Like" or "+1". Get it here.
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Sneaking in anti-privacy legislation while no one is looking? The US Congress?
Is the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence planning, amid the debt crisis theater, to quietly speed up the renewal of a terrible, Bush-era surveillance law? According to Wired.com's Spencer Ackerman, it looks like it.
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Feds to Congress on cell tracking rules: ummm, well, ahhh
Kathleen Turner, director of legislative affairs for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has admitted that her agency doesn't have policies in place governing the use of cell phone tracking in the intelligence community. She told Congress that her office was still examining the “view of the full contours of this authority and will get back to you.”
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Dennis Kucinich writes a letter to Holder asking for info about FBI raids on activists
The Committee to Stop FBI Repression has released a letter, written by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), asking Attorney General Eric Holder about the infiltration of anti-war activism in the Midwest, and subsequent issuance of Grand Jury subpoenas to members of those activist groups.