Wiretapping
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Attorney arrested for recording officers in public receives $170,000 in settlement with City of Boston
A Massachusetts attorney arrested for using his cellphone to record police officers while they arrested a man in public received… -
Appeals court denies rehearing of foreign wiretap challenge
A federal appellate court recently declined to further consider an earlier ruling that journalists and others are sufficiently harmed by… -
Connecticut bill would recognize right to record police
Connecticut is considering a bill that would make any police officer "who interferes with a person taking a photographic or… -
Backstage concert video doesn't violate Mich. wiretap law
Rap concert organizers did not violate a police official’s privacy when they recorded the officer’s backstage comments and included them… -
2nd cir. allows media and others to challenge wiretap law
The U.S. Court of Appeals in New York (2nd Cir.) ruled on Monday that a legal challenge to the federal… -
Appeals court supports disclosure of lobbyist info
The identities of lobbyists who successfully obtained immunity for telecommunications companies that participated in the warrantless wiretapping scandal should be… -
Court finds no right of access to prostitution investigation wiretaps
The New York Times lost its bid to unseal records related to the investigation of a prostitution ring that brought… -
Ex-NSA analyst: Agency spied on news organizations
A former National Security Agency analyst told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann Wednesday night that the Bush Administration targeted and eavesdropped on… -
FBI listened in on Puerto Rican reporters' calls
The FBI has monitored telephone conversations of at least four journalists in connection with the arrest of Puerto Rican Senator… -
Court to review classified DOJ wiretapping memos
As part of a nearly three-year-old Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the U.S. Department of Justice was ordered by a federal…