Apple, Facebook, Microsoft Working on Privacy Initiative for App Developers
Will be run by a trade association for app developers
Civil Liberties
California Attorney General Issues "Privacy Recommendations" for Mobile Developers
Might want to focus on privacy violations by the state instead
5 Facts About Guns, Schools, And Violence
What every legislator - and citizen - needs to know.
14 Bloggers in Vietnam Convicted of Subversion
Were connected with banned pro-democracy movements
Prosecutors Say They Have Proof Bin Laden Received Manning Leaks
Say he received reports and cables private gave to WikiLeaks
Fracking Opponents, Allies Rally in New York
In advance of governor's State of the State speech
ACLU Opposes School Choice Program in New Hampshire
Sues over tax credit program for scholarships that might go to religious schools
Maryland Considers Ending Capital Punishment
Part of talks as new legislative session begins
China Pledges to Loosen Controls over Newspaper
Agreement part of compromise to get reporters to return to work
Bradley Manning Trial Pushed Back to June
Defense still moving to dismiss charged due to lack of speedy trial
Ban on Coverage of Indian Gang Rape Trial Upheld
Judge says restraint on media is mandatory.
School Police Arrest Kids for Whatever they Want
Everything from false accusations of tagging to farting
Calif. Teachers Retirement Fund Looks to Divest from Firearm Companies
Has investments in company that manufactures gun used in Sandy Hook shooting
Kickstarter Campaigns Raised $319 Million in 2012
Funded everything from tech innovation to comedy shows
Sheriff Arpaio's Posse Arrives to Patrol Schools
No doubt kids feel safer, as long as they don't have brown skin
Judge Prevents Oakland Pot Dispensary Eviction
Determines Harborside operating within state and local laws
Marine's Letter To Feinstein Refusing To Register Guns Goes Viral
The vet gained support for flat-out saying he would defy the law
TSA Adopts Behavior Screening To Speed Security Lines
But the GAO questions whether the technique has any validity
Censor's Rant Offers Peek Into Chinese Web Controls
Private companies stuck between the government and users
TSA Has Three Main Ways To Punish Passengers Who Opt-Out of Scanners
They make it as unpleasant as possible
NY Gun Proposals Focus on Scary-Looking Rifles
As stupid and pointless as you could expect from Cuomo
Government Contractor Pays Millions for Abu Ghraib Torture
Don't expect the feds themselves to cop to any guilt
Judge Rules Bradley Manning Pre-Trial Detention "Excessive", Credits Him 112 Days Off Potential Sentence
Not much of a victory for Manning, who still faces life in prison
Police Drag Ailing Pregnant Woman From Hospital, She Dies in Custody
Good judgment, as always
3D Printer Gun Project Sees Huge Demand for Designs
And plenty of government visitors, too
Biden: Obama May Take "Executive Action" Over Gun Control
Meet the second term, same as the first, but a whole lot louder and a whole lot worse
Drivers License Database Being Abused in Minnesota
Law enforcement officials who've had their driver's licenses accessed repeatedly worry abotu privacy
Biden: Washington Has to Take "Immediate Action" on Gun Control
His task force starting to work this week
No Longer Illegal to Record Cops in Illinois
Supreme Court refused to review a decision that the 51 year old ban was unconstitutional
Meet New Congressman Beto O'Rourke, a Democrat With Some Libertarian Ideas About Drug Policy and Immigration
"You can't spend enough money to build enough walls to stop supply and demand," O'Rourke said.
Biden's Gun Control Task Force Includes a Cop Whose Son Was Convicted of Planning a School Shooting
Thomas Nee is also president of the National Association of Police Officers
The EPA Pushes the Envelope, Again
A long train of abuses suggests an institutional culture that sees the law as an impediment.
Iowa Legislator Wants to Confiscate Semi-Automatic Firearms
Wants the ban to apply retroactively
Judge: Texas School Can Force Teenagers to Wear Locator Chip
Said school had the right to expel a student who refused to wear the device
