Partner of Snowden reporter Greenwald begins legal action over UK detentionCredit: Reuters/Ricardo Moraes David Miranda (2nd L), partner of U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald (L), speaks to the media at Rio de Janeiro’s International Airport August 19, 2013. Miranda’s lawyer Gwendolen Morgan said her client was seeking a judicial review of the legal basis for his detention at London’s Heathrow airport on Sunday under anti-terrorism laws and wanted assurances from the authorities that property seized from him would not be examined before this.

License plate readers used to record attendees at political ralliesAFP Photo / Karen Bleier Heeding the demands of the Secret Service, state police in Virginia recorded and collected the whereabouts of potentially millions of people in an effort to monitor attendees at political rallies in 2008 and 2009.

9/11 lawyer to challenge conditions in secret Gitmo campA defense lawyer for one of the Guantanamo inmates charged in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks claims that the prison camp is in violation of basic human rights required by the Geneva Conventions, and plans to file a motion challenging the conditions.

S&P to Fight for Evidence U.S. Suit Was Political PaybackStandard & Poor’s is trying to show it was unfairly singled out in a $5 billion fraud lawsuit 18 months after it downgraded U.S. sovereign debt. Getting the government to provide supporting evidence will prove difficult.

First Amendment rights not enough to stop feds from prosecuting polygraph operatorsReuters US federal officials are investigating polygraph teachers who supposedly help job applicants fib their way through government lie detector tests. The criminal inquiry is seen as the Obama administration’s latest attempt to preserve government secrecy.

Lavabit owner fears arrest for non-compliance after secret surveillance orderLavabit logotype The owner of the encrypted email service used by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden says he could face criminal charges for refusing to comply with a secret federal court order issued last week. Ladar Levison abruptly shut down his company, Lavabit LLC, last week to avoid being forced to hand over customers’ personal information and communications.

Black American citizens file “Articles of Impeachment” against Obamaby Dr. Richard Swier The National Black Republican Association (NBRA) based in Sarasota, FL, headed by Chairman Frances Rice, filed Articles of Impeachment against President Barack Obama with the following language: We, black American citizens, in order to free ourselves and our fellow citizens from governmental tyranny, do herewith submit these Articles of Impeachment to Congress for the removal of President Barack H.

Aaron Swartz prosecutors blasted for alleged vindictive behaviorFresh questions are being asked whether US federal prosecutors were so dogged in their pursuit of computer programmer and internet activist Aaron Swartz because they were acting in retaliation of an online petition which supported the defendant. Swartz committed suicide in January while awaiting trial on federal charges.

Civil forfeiture scam lets police collect billions from innocent AmericansAFP Photo Police agencies across the United States are seizing billions of dollars annually in assets and money from people never convicted of crimes, and they’ve been getting away with it for decades.

Occupy protester sues Portland police for notorious pepper-spray incidentThe Occupy Portland protester who was photographed as police doused her with pepper spray is now in court seeking $155,000 for damages caused by alleged police brutality. The photograph became one of the most galvanizing images of the movement. Elizabeth Evon Nichols was just one of thousands demonstrators who gathered in Portland, Oregon to protest widespread housing foreclosures by major banks.

DC, Maryland: Speed Camera Firms Move To Hide EvidenceRelated News Cop Sues Over DC Speed Camera Program Southern California Cities Further Reject Red Light Cameras View Main Topics: Maryland: Motorist Rights Group Sues Over Camera Data Third Maryland Jurisdiction Forced To Refund Illegal Tickets Back To Front Page Australia: Safety Official Seeks Refund Of 987 Speed Camera Tickets Subscribe via RSS or E-Mail DC, Maryland: Speed Camera Firms Move To Hide Evidence Afraid of refunds, Washington, DC and Salisbury, Maryland conceal evidence that could reveal camera inaccuracy.

City Moving Forward on Eminent Domain for Troubled MortgagesDespite national controversy surrounding the issue of using eminent domain to stop foreclosures, the city of Richmond, Calif., will become the first to implement the practice. The city plans to use eminent domain to buy underwater mortgages and reduce home owner debt by refinancing the loans.

US drug agency unit to be investigated for wiretapping, lying about evidence sourcesThe US Department of Justice is investigating the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for using invasive surveillance techniques, including wiretapping and logging telephone records into a database, to track Americans connected to illegal drug activity.

U.S. allowed Italian kidnap prosecution to shield higher-ups, ex-CIA officer saysA former CIA officer has broken the U.S. silence around the 2003 abduction of a radical Islamist cleric in Italy, charging that the agency inflated the threat the preacher posed and that the United States then allowed Italy to prosecute her and other Americans to shield President George W.

DEA Reportedly Hiding NSA Data Used To Prosecute U.S. CitizensThe Snowden effect continued to roll today, with fresh revelations detailing how the pervasive surveillance of the National Security Agency (NSA) is in fact linked to domestic criminal prosecution. The idea, and the defense, that NSA activity only impacts non-United States citizens and terrorists, is now utterly specious.

Other Agencies Clamor for Data N.S.A. CompilesWASHINGTON – The National Security Agency ‘s dominant role as the nation’s spy warehouse has spurred frequent tensions and turf fights with other federal intelligence agencies that want to use its surveillance tools for their own investigations, officials say.

Controversial Behavior By Scalia, Thomas Prompts Call For Ethics ReformA group of congressional Democrats is set to introduce legislation Thursday that would apply stricter ethical standards to the Supreme Court, amid concerns that justices have been engaging in questionable behavior. The proposed Supreme Court Ethics Act of 2013 would subject the justices to the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, a set of standards that currently applies to all other federal judges.

Lifelong ‘frack gag’: Two Pennsylvania children banned from discussing frackingThe 7- and 10-year-old children of a Pennsylvania couple that reached a settlement following a lawsuit involving health issues brought on by fracking have been barred from discussing details of the case for the rest of their lives.

Clerk who helped inmate exonerate himself with DNA evidence firedThanks to new DNA evidence a Kansas City man was released from prison three decades after a wrongful rape conviction, though the 70-year-old clerk instrumental in his release was fired for insubordination.

The Mind Your Own Business ActPetition: “I don’t want the Government looking at my e-mails, my telephone records, my website records, or my GPS records. I cherish my freedom and my privacy. I am not a terrorist, and I won’t let my government treat me like one.