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It become more and more evident every day that our rights to privacy don't extend quite as far as they once seemed to.

Recently, there was some debate about whether it was legal for customs officials or TSA to demand you show them what's on your laptop, PDA or cell phone. The ( Read more... )

Senate Democrats Revive Demand for Classified Data
Seeking information about detention of terrorism suspects, abuse of detainees and government secrecy, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are reviving dozens of demands for classified documents that until now have been rebuffed or ignored by the Justice Department and other agencies ( Read more... )

Air travel--especially international air travel--is going to be a little rough on passengers for the next little while. Why? you ask. Because...

U.K. Foils Plan to Bomb Planes; Terror Alert Raised
.K. police foiled a plot to blow up airliners bound for the U.S. in a series of terrorist bombings the government said might have been deadlier than the ( Read more... )

Witch of Pungo pardoned by Virginia governor, 300 years later
Virginia governor Timothy M. Kaine today issued a ceremonial pardon to Grace Sherwood, who 300 years ago became the only person in that state to have been convicted as a witch, after a "trial by water." What's amazing about this story is the reminder that just a few generations ago in ( Read more... )

Fuck
This Article is as simple and provocative as its title suggests: it explores the legal implications of the word fuck. The intersection of the word fuck and the law is examined in four major areas: First Amendment, broadcast regulation, sexual harassment, and education. The legal implications from the use of fuck vary greatly with the context ( Read more... )

Home chemistry under assault
Home science experimentation -- model rockets, chemistry sets and playing with explosives -- are a gateway drug to serious nerddom, having inspired the likes of Internet co-inventor Vint Cerf and Intel founder Gordon Moore. But the hobby is under assault from government agencies that are terrified of terrorists, from ( Read more... )

Regarding this whole NSA thing and other affronts to what I think is the core of what this county stands for (or should stand for).

From the "If they can't look at it, they can't attack it" department:
NJ lawmaker wants to criminalize taking pix of power-plants

From the "I don't like the law so I don't have to follow it" department:
Examples of ( Read more... )

Rule #1 of how to start talk of conspiracy and wrongdoing: Change your story and then refuse to provide supporting information to either your first or second one ( Read more... )

Here's a theoretical situation for you ( Read more... )