North Carolina Judge Charged with Bribing an FBI Agent for Copies of Text Messages
A North Carolina judge is accused of trying to bribe an FBI agent to collect text messages between two phone numbers involving a family matter.
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Judge: Even Convicted Terrorists Have Right to Call Friends, Relatives from Prison
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Even a convicted terrorist has a right to communicate with friends and relatives. So ruled U.S. District Judge Marcia Krieger in the case of Khalfan Khamis Mohammed, who sued the FBI because he was barred from communicating with a list of 32 friends and relatives, the Associated Press reports. Mohammed, who is…
DEA Has Unprecedented Access for AT&T Phone Records Dating Back to 1987
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com AT&T agreed to provide the DEA with real time access to an unprecedented amount of phone records as part of a recently revealed partnership, The Atlantic reports. Since 2007, the DEA has had access to every call that goes through AT&T’s switchboard, The Atlantic wrote. The phone company even provided four employees…
Brazilian Official Seeks Protection from U.S. Secret Surveillance of Phone, Email Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A top Brazilian official has expressed anger over the U.S.’s secret surveillance of telephone and email conversations in his South American country, The USA Today reports. Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said he’d learned that the NSA has subjected Brazilian residents to espionage through the widespread surveillance of phone and email records. The…