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ACLU files FOIA request for DHS privacy report on laptop searches
Does using certain privacy tools expose you to warrantless NSA surveillance?
NFOIC’s State FOIA Friday for November 16, 2012
A few state FOIA and local open government news items selected from many of interest that we might or might not have drawn attention to earlier in the week:
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ACLU files domestic drones FOIA requests
From The American Civil Liberties Union:
On October 23, 2012, the ACLU filed Freedom of Information Act requests with five federal agencies seeking records related to the federal government’s domestic use of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) – better known as drones – as well as plans for the future rollout of drones in the United States.
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The FOIA requests ask questions including:
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ACLU seeking the truth about the CIA’s detainee abuses
ACLU sues federal agencies for records on license plate tracking
Appeals court judges seem skeptical of CIA secrecy on drone program
From The Washington Post:
WASHINGTON — Federal appeals court judges Thursday questioned the CIA’s efforts to block information on the use of unmanned drones to kill suspected terrorists.
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FOIA documents show FBI was watching occupy protesters, some docs still secret on national security grounds
From American Civil Liberties Union:
Just shy of the one-year anniversary of the inaugural Occupy Wall Street protests, the ACLU of Northern California obtained initial documents from the FBI about surveillance of Occupy demonstrations in the region (see the FBI’s response here).
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Washington state court upholds fine against governor’s staff in records case
From The Olympian:
The state Court of Appeals has upheld a $2,175 fine against Gov. Chris Gregoire’s staff for illegally withholding a three-page briefing document that Olympia activist Arthur West requested in 2009.
Gregoire initially claimed the record was protected by “executive privilege” – a controversial legal position that is now under legal challenge by open-government advocates in a separate case being heard Thursday in the state Supreme Court.
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