A Gateway for HackersSusan Landau says wiretapping may create a security
nightmare by tempting hackers.
China Enacting a High-Tech Plan to Track PeopleThe Chinese government plans to use new ID cards to track
all 12.4 million people in Shenzhen.
Feds Consider Lowering Passenger...

The "first sale" doctrine expresses one of the most important limitations on the reach of copyright law. The idea, set out in Section 109 of the Copyright Act, is simple: once you've acquired a lawfully-made CD or book or DVD, you can lend, sell, or give it away without...

Once upon a time, nearly eighty years ago, AT&T fought at the Supreme Court to stop the government's warrantless surveillance of Americans' private communications.
How times have changed.
Since its participation in the president's illegal wiretapping program came to light in late 2005, AT&T has desperately tried to...

Op-ed pages and blogs around the country are bleeding with palpable outrage, as the country wakes up to exactly what happened when Congress radically expanded surveillance powers. Most are asking the same question: faced with this atrocious legislation, how could its many opponents shrink from the moment and let...

The day before adjourning for August recess, the Senate unanimously approved S.849, the OPEN Government Act, a bipartisan bill that is the first significant update to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) in more than a decade. When Congress is back in session, a conference will reconcile the differences...

The final reports of California's "Top to Bottom Review" of its voting systems are in, and the results aren't pretty. Yesterday, the other shoe dropped. Secretary of State Debra Bowen, who as a candidate promised to radically overhaul California's election technology and related procedures, did just that. In...

Back in January, the Administration wasn't shy about announcing that a FISA Court judge had authorized part of the NSA's warrantless surveillance activities. But it turns out that they spoke too soon: four or five months ago, a second FISA Court judge disagreed and refused to authorize those same...