On Monday, the Supreme Court issued an important ruling on the subject of surveillance in light of today’s technologies. Its opinion in United States v. Jones makes the rules for surveillance much less clear, which perhaps is not surprising given the rapid technological change and the need for further legislative and judicial action to address these complex new issues. Law enforcement long has used surveillance to track the comings and goings of suspects, probationers, and parolees as well as suspected spies, terrorists, and the like. Surveillance was oftentimes necessary and … More
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By Jim Harper
Does a more careful reading of the Supreme Court’s decision in U.S. v. Jones turn up a lurking victory for the government? Modern media moves so fast that the second-day story happens in the afternoon of the first. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday morning that government agents conduct a Fourth Amendment search when they [...]
The Second-Day Story on U.S. v. Jones is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Jim Harper
The Supreme Court has delivered a big win for privacy in U.S. v. Jones. That’s the case in which government agents placed a GPS device on a car and used it to track a person round-the-clock for four weeks. The question before the Court was whether the government may do this in the absence of [...]
U.S. v. Jones: A Big Privacy Win is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Jim Harper
The Supreme Court has delivered a big win for privacy in U.S. v. Jones. That’s the case in which government agents placed a GPS device on a car and used it to track a person round-the-clock for four weeks. The question before the Court was whether the government may do this in the absence of [...]
U.S. v. Jones: A Big Privacy Win is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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By Jim Harper
That’s NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly touting a new technology called “terahertz imaging detection” to a local news outlet. Terahertz radiation is electromagnetic waves at the high end of the infrared band, just below the microwave band. The waves can penetrate a wide variety of non-conducting materials, such as clothing, paper, cardboard, wood, masonry, plastic, and [...]
“You could use it at a specific event. You could use it at a shooting-prone location…” is a post from Cato @ Liberty – Cato Institute Blog
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