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Court: Government Must Reveal Watch-List Status to Constantly Detained Americans

2008-04-25 01:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Eight Americans suing the government over repeated stops at the border can see whether they have been put on the government's terror watch list, a court ruled last week. The court ruled against the government's invocation of national security and the plaintiffs will be the first to learn whether their names are on the 800,000-name list
 
Tags: government, list, court ruled, 000-name list, americans, national security, plaintiffs, names, week
 
 
 
 
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PGP and the 5th Amendment

2007-12-24 06:49:08 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
A Vermont federal judge has ruled that a person cannot be compelled by police to divulge his PGP key. This is by no means the end of the legal debate (Orin Kerr comments), but it's certainly good news
 
Tags: orin kerr comments, vermont federal judge, pgp key, ruled, divulge, police, person, legal, news
 
 
 
 
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Cyberattack! Manipulation and Subversion of Financial Markets!

2008-01-08 11:55:09 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...ruled out. This rumor, by a competing financial institution, basically wiped out countless millions of dollars in investor equity in a few short minutes. Amazing Of course, E*Trade is not going bankruptany more than Citigroup is going bankrupt, but the information warfare by Citigroups Prashant Bhatia continues. Here is the lastest On January...
 
Tags: etrade, etrade financial, etrade bank, etrade financialis, etrade stocks, cyberattack, etrade bankruptcy risk, market, free market
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Has Developed Windows Forensic Analysis Tool for Police

2008-04-30 13:54:37 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...ruled that border guards can search laptop computers without cause, this tool might see wider use than Microsoft anticipated
 
Tags: microsoft, tool, tools, investigative tools, microsoft simply, off-the-shelf forensic tools, device, tool separately, usb device
 
 
 
 
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Crossing Borders with Laptops and PDAs

2008-05-16 06:10:33 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...ruled that border agents can search your laptop, or any other electronic device, when you're entering the country. They can take your computer and download its entire contents, or keep it for several days. Customs and Border Patrol has not published any rules regarding this practice, and I and others have written a letter to Congress urging...
 
Tags: customs agent pokes, customs agent, british customs agents, customs agents, agent, customs, entire hard drive, hard drive, data
 
 
 
 
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E-discovery error leads to loss of attorney-client privilege

2008-06-09 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b161d0 in Network World on Security
 
A federal judge in Maryland ruled late last month that a company being sued for copyright infringement waived attorney-client privilege for 165 documents accidentally disclosed to opposing counsel during the e-discovery process
 
Tags: attorney-client privilege, copyright infringement, maryland ruled, e-discovery process, federal judge, sued, documents, month, counsel
 
 
 
 
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Dickson County School District employee information stolen

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2008-06-12 11:52:47 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...ruled out someone within the building being the cause of the theft Employees at the Board of Education and police investigators believe the person who stole the laptop walked right through the door without forced entry Chandler admits that a cleaning crew, several staff and students for a retirement party came into the building over the...
 
Tags: information, school, store personal information, personal information, dickson county, dickson police, police, store confidential information, school board
 
 
 
 
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Attention - Lawyers and Private Investigators!

2008-06-25 01:18:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...ruled that the Bermuda businessman, Donald P.Lines, had not been served by the company hired to effect the service, Boston based "Stokes & Levin". It later transpired that the company had used pre-fabricated stamps of the signature of a process server who no longer worked for the company. It did not enhance the image of the Securities and...
 
Tags: company, company hired, process service company, serves civil papers, papers, service, server, process server, lawyers
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

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2008-07-03 22:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
...ruled by dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who took power in a military coup in 1969 While the United States lifted Libya's "state sponsor of terrorism" designation in 2006, other restrictions, such as on the sale of arms, remain in place. A State Department spokesperson confirmed that exports of "lethal munitions" to Libya, such as tanks or related...
 
Tags: arms brokers, brokers, infamous arms brokers, defense, firm defense solutions, arms, arms trade, international arms trade, russian weapons suppliers