Search and Seizure
Google Calls for Curbs on Government Data Grabs
Company gets dozens of demands for user info every day
Google Publishes Policy For Dealing With Government Data-Snooping
Basically, if you want anonymity, take care of it yourself
Twitter Surrenders Requested Data to Government Seven Times Out of Ten
More push-back than you might expect, really
Woman Sues Over Post-Flight Strip-Search
She was apparently targeted because the two men next to her headed to the bathroom at the same time
SD Court: High Beams Rate a Traffic Stop
Basically, you can get pulled over, just because
Supremes Hear Arguments Against Warrantless Blood Tests
The fact that this argument even has to be made ...
Text Message Privacy Depends on How It's Sent
Facebook messages have more legal protection than phone texts
FL Court: Cops Can't Pull Over a Car Just Because It's Been Repainted
The state provides no means of reporting you've changed your car's color
Cop Fired After College Student Releases Video of Illegal Search
Welcome to YouTube!
Warrant Requirement for Email Searches Stripped From Federal Legislation
Fighting snoopiness is an uphill battle
TX State Troopers Perform Illegal Body Cavity Searches Over Littering
When the women complained, police threatened them with retaliatory charges
Senate Poised To Renew Warrantless Spying Without Debate
Attempting to sneak it in under the radar
TSA Concedes To Allowing Outside Study of Body Scanners
If it's that tough for them, they could just stop using the things
Restrictions on Electronic Searches Approved by VT Supreme Court
Heads off fishing expeditions
Wyden Clears Way for Renewal of Warrantless Wiretapping
Long live the security state
Parents Sue over 10-Year-Old's School Strip Search
Forced to remove clothes in hunt for a dropped $20 bill
U.K. Parliament Committee Skeptical of Snooping Proposal
It would be a carte blanche to monitor communications
Court: Enforcing Motorcycle Helmet Laws With Roadblocks Is Fine
Cuz jamming up the road isn't hazardous at all
Court: 2008 Detroit Raid, Seizure of Cars Was Unconstitutional
Owners had to pay ransom to the police to retrieve their vehicles
The Feds Want To Spy On Everything
Government snoops are interested in reading more than just your email.
Leahy Promises To Keep Warrantless Email Access Out of Bill
He got caught and knows we're watching
Leahy Drops Surveillance Proposal
The senator took heavy fire from civil liberties groups
The Petraeus Affair, the Police, and Your Privacy
Time to rein in invasive police email snooping.
Bill Intended to Secure Email Privacy Now Does the Exact Opposite (Updated: Leahy Responds)
Sen. Patrick Leahy folds to the Justice Department
Wide Wiretap Powers for Swiss Police
Court decision allows for taps on the phones of acquaintances of targeted suspects
Archaic Federal Law Made Petraeus's Emails Fair Game
He would have been better-protected with snail mail
Complications Abound in Rules Governing FBI Email Surveillance
But the feds interpret them scrupulously, of course
Court Will Decide on Miranda Rights for Students
You have the right to clean that funky smell out of your locker ...
What the Petraeus Investigation Tells Us About Online Surveillance
With regards to the David Petraeus scandal, as you dig through the very human details of a powerful man's dalliance with an attractive woman, an important question should occur to anybody with more than a National Enquirer-level interest in the matter.
Feds Upset That Telecoms Resist Surveillance Efforts
You have to wonder if John Galt his own self has taken the helm at the Telecommunications Industry Association.
SCOTUS Considers Whether Drug Dogs on the Doorstep Are Trespassers
Is probable cause required to bring them onto private property?
Citizens Experience Failed Drug Dog Searches First-Hand
Those mutts really like the smell of snacks
Federal Government Normalizes Pervasive Surveillance
And if you don't like it, they already know
