Surveillance News
The U.S. government is trying to force Facebook Inc to break the encryption in its popular Messenger app so law enforcement may listen to a suspect’s voice conversations in a criminal probe, three people briefed on the case said, resurrecting the issue of whether companies can be compelled to alter their products to enable surveillance. The previously... Read More »
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Before you channel your inner Omarosa, you may want to consider the consequences. Before she was fired from the White House last December, former West Wing aide and reality television star Omarosa Manigault-Newman secretly recorded conversations she had with President Trump and his chief of staff, John Kelly. She played one of the recordings — in which... Read More »
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Veterinarian Michelle Zajac faces felony charges after an employee told police she discovered a camera in one of the hospital’s treatment rooms. Zajac, 49, Factoryville, faces 10 counts of intercepting conversations between Jan. 3, 2017, and Feb. 23, 2018. In February, an employee of the Bunker Hill Veterinarian Hospital, where Zajac works,... Read More »
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The 18th Century Castle Inn on the seafront of Dover, Kent, was the scene of actor-turned-media-campaigner Hugh’s great journalism coup. He made a surprise visit to the boozer to see his bete noir McMullan, a former News of the World executive, while wearing a concealed microphone. Catching the former tabloid hack off guard, Grant secretly taped... Read More »
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The secrets are hidden behind fortified walls in cities across the United States, inside towering, windowless skyscrapers and fortress-like concrete structures that were built to withstand earthquakes and even nuclear attack. Thousands of people pass by the buildings each day and rarely give them a second glance, because their function is not publicly... Read More »
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Federal courts reported a 30 percent increase in authorized wiretaps in 2017, compared to 2016, and state courts reported an 11 percent rise, according to a newly released Judiciary report. Although arrests fell in cases involving electronic surveillance, convictions rose sharply. The 2017 Wiretap Report covers intercepts — of wire, oral or electronic... Read More »
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According to information provided to the Justice Department by the government of Panama, [Ex-President] Martinelli created an advisory body soon after taking office. Under this council, a “Special Services” unit carried out confidential activities at the president’s direction, including the unsanctioned intercept and recording of communications from... Read More »
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A Kennett area woman who appeared in Common Pleas Court for her sentencing Monday for secretly videotaping with a webcam a conference between her aging father and those trying to determine his competency was legally intoxicated when she arrived for the proceeding. According to a court official with the Chester County Office of Pre-Trial Services,... Read More »
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The Department of Defense "inadvertently" recorded at least 18 phone calls between an American citizen imprisoned in Iraq and his attorneys at the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, POLITICO reported. According to a public filing with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, a civilian DoD employee noticed that the... Read More »
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In the unfortunate event that your marriage does not last, it may at least end amicably. Or it may not, in which case its final days might need to be accompanied by the kind of aggressive electronic surveillance that once was used only by three-letter federal agencies. But be warned if you're thinking about snooping on your spouse: A little-known section... Read More »
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