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White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity
The Obama administration is seeking to make it easier for the FBI to compel companies to turn over records of an individual's Internet activity without a court order if agents deem the information relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation.Oath of office
An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before undertaking the duties of an office , usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations. Such oaths are often required by the laws of the state, religious body, or other organization before the person may actually exercise the powers of the office or any religious body.
Introducing the New Cybersecurity Coordinator
Macon Phillips December 22, 2009 07:30 AM EDT Today the White House announced the President’s new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, Howard Schmidt.
Habeas Corpus Act
Habeas corpus (Lat., "u moet/zult het lichaam hebben") is een rechtsbeginsel dat stelt dat de verdachte van een misdrijf binnen een bepaalde termijn van zijn aanklacht in kennis moet worden gesteld, dat deze in levenden lijve aan een rechter moet worden voorgeleid en dat gevangenneming slechts mag volgen op gerechtelijk bevel. Het beginsel voert terug op een bepaling die in 1679 werd vastgelegd in een Engelse wet , als amendement op de Magna Charta . De principes van deze wet gelden tegenwoordig als een grondrecht .
WaPo Profile: Thomas Drake (An NSA Whistleblower We Would Have Cheered During the Bush Years)
Today's Washington Post has a 2000-word profile on former senior NSA official Thomas Drake, who blew the whistle on (in the article's antiseptic description) NSA's "willingness to compromise Americans' privacy without enhancing security"--something that we here at Kos used to call "secret domestic surveillance."An FBI backdoor in OpenBSD?
The allegations could make many people think twice about the security of OpenBSD, but the way de Raadt handled the matter will probably have the opposite effect -- giving them another reason to trust the software.
FBI-backdoors in veiligste BSD-variant
De open source Unix-variant OpenBSD blijkt backdoors te hebben. De Amerikaanse overheid heeft die in 2000 stilletjes laten installeren.Obama threatens to veto greater intelligence oversight - Glenn Greenwald
One of the principal weapons used by the Bush administration to engage in illegal surveillance activities — from torture to warrantless eavesdropping — was its refusal to brief the full Congressional Intelligence Committees about its activities.Pelosi Deadlocks Over Intelligence Oversight Bill
Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama are unlikely political foes, but the House Speaker is in the middle of an ugly fight with the President — as well as the CIA and powerful House and Senate Democrats and Republicans — about Congress's watchdog powers over the U.S. intelligence services.August 10, 2010