A federal appeals court has ruled today that the US government can tap into Americans' communications without worrying over frivolous things like "being sued" by its people. In what most sane civilians will probably see as a depressing loss of protection, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that citizens can sue the … [Read more...]
SCOC rules warrantless wiretaps unconstitutional in Metro Van kidnapping case
April 13, 2012 by
Calling it "unconstitutional," the Supreme Court of Canada has struck down a law that allowed police to start wiretapping... without a warrant. The ruling stems from a 2006 Metro Vancouver case, in which six men were found guilty of kidnapping. A BC Supreme Court judge convicted the six, even though he agreed with a defence argument the wiretap … [Read more...]
