Judge Rules FBI Cannot Hide Use of Social Media Surveillance Tools
The FBI cannot hide whether it uses powerful surveillance tools to monitor the social media activity of millions of Americans and noncitizens, a federal judge ruled Monday.
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The Center For Investigative Reporting sued the U.S. Department of Labor in federal court for records of complaints against the drug rehab company Synanon; it says the Glomar response it received is inadequate.
Read moreDo Trump Tweets Compel Admission of Spying? Judge Will Decide
President Donald Trump’s tweets about the FBI wiretapping his 2016 campaign likely don’t qualify as an “official acknowledgment” that would require the government to reveal details about its surveillance activities, a federal judge said in court Wednesday.
Read moreNYPD Denied Spy-Like Secrecy in Protest Case
Refusing to confirm or deny the existence of records may work for the CIA, but a judge refused Monday to let New York City use the tactic to keep protesters in the dark about police surveillance.
Read moreJudge Hands ACLU Partial Victory in Request for Yemen Raid Docs
The White House may have slipped up and acknowledged the existence of records relating to a 2017 controversial raid in Yemen that the CIA wants to withhold from the ACLU, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Read moreNew York’s Top Court Grants Spy-Like Cover to NYPD
Just like the CIA, the New York City Police Department can now “neither confirm nor deny” the existence of documents, thanks to a ruling Thursday from the state’s highest court.
Read moreTop NY Court Grapples With Records Demand Mired in Spy Secrecy
New York’s highest court seemed unlikely Tuesday to make the NYPD face a records demand about a controversial Muslim surveillance program.
Read moreFBI Hammered in Court for Pre-Election Records on Trump
Bashing the FBI for equivocating on whether it has pre-election records on President Donald Trump, a government-transparency group brought a federal complaint to spur action.
Read moreSpy-Level Secrecy at NYPD Draws Objections
A group inspired by Black Lives Matter claims in a court complaint that New York City police are channeling the CIA to keep a lid on their monitoring of citizen protesters
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