Al Gore to Twitterverse: Privacy Should be a Priority

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  Former Vice President Al Gore launched an unusual assault on the Obama administration over the revelation that the federal government is tracking cell phone records, The Washington Post reports. “In digital era, privacy must be a priority,” Gore tweeted Wednesday. “Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?” The…

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Court: Death Row Inmate Doesn’t Have Right to Access All Records Related to Case

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  A Tennessee death row inmate has been denied access to FBI records that he says would overturn his 1998 conviction for the murder of a Memphis motel clerk, the Associated Press reports. A federal appeals court reaffirmed the FBI’s right to redact information under the Freedom of Information Act. The redacted records,…

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NYPD Monitored Muslim Students More Extensively than Thought

By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com New York Police monitored Muslim college students far broader than previously thought, reports the Associated Press. Further, the monitoring was conducted at schools far beyond city limits, including Rutgers University, Yale and the University of Pennsylvania. Officers even spoke with professors in Buffalo, 300 miles away from the city. New York…

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