Criminal Law

CDT: Legislation Needed to Correct Widespread Errors in use of National Security Letters
CDT Policy Post 14.5: National Security Letters: "Widespread errors in the use of National Security Letters requires legislative action, says...

Video on National Security Letters
The Bill of Rights Defense Committee has put together a 26-minute video entitled “FBI Unbound: How National Security Letters Violate Our Privacy”, which can be viewed online or ordered on DVD...

National Security Letter Withdrawn
The Internet Archive, a non-profit digital library, has successfully defended against a demand by the FBI to reveal information about a user -- as reported yesterday by the Associated Press in the New York Times...

Improper FBI use of national security letters continued in 2006: Mueller
[JURIST] FBI Director Robert Mueller [official profile] told the US Senate Judiciary Committee in testimony [prepared statement] Wednesday that the FBI had inappropriately accessed private citizens' communication and financial records in 2006 through national security letters (NSLs) [FAS backgrounder; example, PDF], according to an as-yet-unreleased report by the DOJ Office of the Inspector

Two Hearings on National Security Letters
The Washington Post previewed hearings this week on the government's misuse of "national security letters," including two bills to clarify when the letters may be used. As we reported earlier, the FBI used national security letters to improperly access American's information for four years running and ignored a court ruling that had denied a surveillance request because "the facts were too thin...

Soon To Be Released Report Shows How FBI Misused National Security Letters
WASHINGTON, DC - The Justice Department’s inspector general will release a report Thursday detailing more problems with the way the FBI used an investigative tool called national security letters...

Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

National Steak and Poultry Recalls 248,000 Pounds of Beef Products
248,000 Pounds of Beef Products Recalled by National Steak and Poultry

Security One
accused of selling faulty alarms

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Sprint Nextel
alleging violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act