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Wired: Politics
The intersection of technology and government.
09/07/2010
Court OKs Warrantless Cell-Site Tracking
A federal appeals court is ruling the government may obtain cell-site information mobile phone carriers retain on their customers without a probable-cause warrant under the Fourth Amendment. Cell-site location information, which carriers usually retain for about 18 months, identifies the cell tower to which the customer was connected at the beginning of a call and at the end of the call.
09/07/2010
ACLU Challenges Border Searches of Gadgets
An Obama administration policy allowing U.S. border officials to seize and search laptops, smartphones and other electronic devices for any reason is being challenged as unconstitutional.
09/07/2010
Army Turns to Lasers for Copter Defense
Some jerk has fired a heat-seeking missile at your Black Hawk. You've got a few options. You can try to dodge the thing, but good luck with that. You can fire off a flare in order to fool the missile into no longer following you as you maneuver. Or you can shoot off a laser from on board your bird to do the same thing. Not really a choice, is it?
09/04/2010
The Ink of War: Afghanistan Air Base's Best Tattoos
Tattooing, an aggressive and intimidating mixture of endurance and art, is as old as warfare itself. But each generation, and each war, yields its own warrior body art. In Afghanistan, America's longest war, troop tats have matured alongside the culture's growing acceptance of ink.
09/02/2010
Murdoch Reporters' Phone Hacking Was Endemic, Victimized Hundreds
A phone-hacking scheme involving British royals and reporters working for one of Rupert Murdoch's tabloid newspapers went far beyond what was previously disclosed and prosecuted. The British Prime Minister's current media adviser is accused of having encouraged the hacking.
09/02/2010
Evil Eric Schmidt Debuts in Video Targeting Google Privacy
A creepy caricature of Google CEO Eric Schmidt driving an ice cream truck is being displayed on a Times Square jumbotron and on YouTube. The video was produced by a consumer group targeting the search giant for its data collection practices.
09/02/2010
Vets Get Ecstasy to Treat Post-Traumatic Stress
Two psychiatric experts think the way to treat troops returning home with PTSD: Have them
undergo intensive psychotherapy while they're rolling on ecstasy.
09/01/2010
Attorney: Army Disabled Manning's Weapon Prior to Leaks
The Army was so concerned about the mental health of alleged WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning that, prior to the alleged leaks, supervisors removed the bolt from his military weapon, thereby disabling it.
09/01/2010
Pakistan Flood-Relief Efforts Stuck at 1.0
The U.S. response to the disaster pales in comparison to Haiti, and that could be a huge problem given Pakistan's strategic importance.
08/31/2010
Hostage-Taker Besieges Discovery Channel, Posts Demands on Web
Authorities were negotiating Wednesday with an armed man who has taken an unknown number of hostages, who might have an explosive or “metallic device” at the Discovery Channel’s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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