DNA Samples OK for Nonviolent Felons

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that collecting DNA evidence from nonviolent drug offenders doesn't violate their privacy rights.

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ACLU Sues Alaska Over State's 'Pot' Law

The American Civil Liberties Union sued the state of Alaska on Monday over a new law that would restore criminal penalties for marijuana possession.

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What sort of privacy do you expect when you send an email? As Americans increasingly rely on the Internet for communication, Justice Department lawyers increasingly argue that Americans have no right to privacy there—notwithstanding repeated congressional efforts to bolster the …

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It is one of the enduring questions of religion and science, and lately of American politics: When does a fertilized egg become a person?

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Cyberattacks that have crippled the Web sites of several major American and South Korean government agencies since the July 4th holiday weekend appear to have been launched by a hostile group or government, South Korea's main government spy agency said on Wednesday.

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Facebook's newly minted lobbyist used to be one of the company's most formidable adversaries.

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A federal appeals court on Thursday temporarily blocked the enforcement of a federal judge's order that a New York hospital should turn over records of women who have had partial-birth abortions to the Justice Department.

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If there is one recurrent theme in the images of the recent G20 protests, it is what's held in the hands raised in the air.

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Law enforcement officials are vastly expanding their collection of DNA to include millions more people who have been arrested or detained but not yet convicted.

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Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. More Articles

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Border Patrol is erecting 16 more video surveillance towers in Michigan and New York as part of its plans to use technology to help secure parts of the United States' 4,000-mile northern border with Canada.

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ASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has passed up a chance to examine how far states can go to restrict unsolicited e-mails in efforts to block spammers from bombarding computer users.

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Security researchers said they have discovered software capable of stealing information installed on computers in 103 countries, an apparently coordinated cyber-attack that targeted the office of the Dalai Lama and government agencies around the world. More Articles

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Trainee officers at Strathclyde Police are being used to search social networking sites for pictures of people posing with weapons, mainly knives. More than 400 people, most of them teenagers, have been questioned and several convictions have been secured.

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent surgery at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York on Thursday for what was apparently early-stage pancreatic cancer, according to a statement released by the Supreme Court.

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Privacy advocates are questioning an aggressive Georgia law set to take effect Thursday that would require sex offenders to hand over Internet passwords, screen names and e-mail addresses.

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The Bureau of Motor Vehicles has imposed new restrictions on anything -- from smiling to wearing [even prescription] glasses and scarves and hats -- that would hamper facial recognition software from distinguishing one driver's looks from another's. More Articles

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A last-minute Bush administration plan to grant sweeping new protections to health care providers who oppose abortion and other procedures on religious or moral grounds has provoked a torrent of objections, including a strenuous protest from the government agency that enforces jo …

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WHEN it comes to protecting children on the Internet and keeping them safe from predators, law enforcement officials have vocally advocated one approach in particular.

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Once again this year, opponents of women's reproductive rights have managed to get initiatives aimed at ending or limiting abortion rights on ballots — in South Dakota, Colorado and California.

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Newly revealed policies cooked up by Homeland Security mean...they can take them away from you without probable cause...

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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act On July 10, President Bush signed the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA).

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Early next week the U.S. Senate will vote on an extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with a few small amendments intended to immunize telecommunications corporations that assisted our government in the warrantless and illegal wiretapping it has grown to love.

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We all cherish our privacy. Then we go and divulge everything about ourselves on Facebook, sprinkle our Social Security number like pixie dust across the Web and happily load up on tracking devices like GPS navigators and cellphones.

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Treaty could redraw privacy climate on both sides of the Atlantic

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The Big Elephant in the Room…..The Supreme Court Nomination.....

The Big Elephant in the Room…..The Supreme Court Nomination........ There is a big large lumbering elephant in the room….the appointment of (next) President of the United States to the The Supreme Court.

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WASHINGTON — The United States and the European Union are nearing completion of an agreement allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information — like credit card transactions, travel histories and Internet browsing habits — about people on the oth …

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