A New York drug trafficking ring is celebrating today, following what media headlines portray as a surprise Microsoft Court Victory over the U.S. government. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York yesterday reversed an earlier federal court decision that had ordered Microsoft to turn over emails possibly implicating individuals in drug racketeering. The … [Read more...]
Mounting Losses: What’s Wrong with Leidos?
In late August, swept up in the year’s biggest craze for charitable fund-raising, Leidos CEO Roger Krone did a televised “ice bucket challenge” to support research for a cure to ALS. But the real dousing came this week when investors took a bath over the company’s reported operating loss of nearly half a billion dollars U.S. for the second quarter. Gone for good: $US 482 … [Read more...]
Tech Leaders’ Role in Running Lawful Intercept Aground
Newsflash: FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni warns that current surveillance laws prohibit law enforcement agencies (LEAs) from using lawful intercept to tap new communications services increasingly favored by criminals and terrorists. No, that’s not really news. It’s from testimony delivered Feb 27, 2011 in Congressional hearings on “going dark” -- a phrase that describes … [Read more...]