Browser maker Opera has filed a lawsuit against a former employee, alleging he shared trade secrets with rival Mozilla. Designer and musician Trond Werner Hansen is on the hook for 20 million Norwegian Krone, or about $3.4 million in damages according to a report from TNW. … Read More
US House of Representatives passes CISPA cybersecurity bill
Lawmakers in the House voted 288-to-127 Thursday afternoon to pass the bill. Next it will move to the Senate and could then end up on the desk of US President Barack Obama for him to potentially sign the bill into law. … Read More
U.S. soldier jailed for trying to sell military secrets to the Russians
A US soldier has been jailed for 16 years for attempting to sell military secrets to a woman he thought was a Russian spy, officials said Tuesday. Military policeman William Millay was also dishonorably discharged as part of a plea deal after admitting charges including attempted espionage and…
A.M. Links: No Arrests or Claims of Responsibility After Boston Marathon Explosions, French Government to Push for Higher Taxes, Iowa Police Want…
A security official with knowledge of the investigation into
the explosions at yesterday’s Boston marathon says that the bombs
were probably not detonated by
suicide bombers. The attack killed three people and injured
over 100. Last night
FBI officials searched an apartment in Revere, Mass.There have
been no arrests or claims of responsibility.
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The
French finance minister has said that the French government
plans for there to be $7.87 billion in new taxes in
2014. ;
According to emails obtained by
The Des Moines Register Iowa police officials are
interested in buying drones. ;
An
Alaska-based military police officer has been convicted of
selling military secrets to an undercover FBI agent. ;
A federal judge has temporarily blocked
Mississippi’s only abortion clinic from having its license
revoked. ;
The
European Union is subsidizing groups that want state-supported
regulation of the press. ;
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Filmmaker: Obama’s war on whistleblowers ‘a terrible disservice to democracy’
Appearing on CNN Sunday, documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald said that his latest film will highlight the Obama administration’s ongoing “war” against people who reveal the government’s embarrassing and sometimes shocking secrets. “War on Whistleblowers: Free Press…
Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of No Fly List
The ACLU has filed a federal lawsuit in Oregon challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. government’s so-called Nov Fly List — a secret blacklist naming individuals the government will refuse to fly to or from the United States.According to the ACLU’s complaint, the government violated the Fifth Amendment due process rights of 13 Americans, including four military veterans, by placing them on the No Fly List and refusing to give them any after-the-fact explanation or a hearing at which they can clear their names. The government, invoking the state secrets doctrine, refuses to assert or deny the existence of names on such a list.Via the ACLU:Continue Reading… … Read More
In Leak Case, State Secrecy in Plain Sight
Pfc. Bradley Manning’s public trial over state secrets has itself become a state secret, David Carr writes. … Read More
