Kevin Bankston

Type: Person

Name: Kevin Bankston

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Google Inc

Facebook Case Sets Up Google Latitude as Tempting Legal Tool

The exoneration of a Brooklyn teenager with the help of a timely Facebook status update has sparked interest in social networking tools as evidence for law enforcement officials and litigators. This could heighten interest in Google Latitude Location ... [eWeek - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Google Inc, Google Latitude, Facebook Inc

First Reported 10/31/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 8 Documents

Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit

WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder says a lawsuit in San Francisco over warrantless wiretapping threatens to expose ongoing intelligence work and must be thrown out.In making the argument, the Obama administration agreed with the Bush administration's ... [CNBC - 11/01/2009]

Entities: Lawsuit, Obama Administration, Bush Administration

First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 2 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

From EFF's Secret Files: Anatomy of a Bogus Subpoena [Voices]

By Kevin Bankston, Sr. Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier FoundationCan the U.S. government secretly subpoena the IP address of every visitor to a political website? No, but that didn’t stop it from trying.In a report released today, EFF Senior Staff ... [All Things Digital - 11/11/2009]

Entities: Subpoena, Anatomy, Kevin Bankston

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents

Barack Obama

Spying on Americans: Obama Endorses Bush Era Warrantless Wiretapping

President Barack Obama instructed Justice Department attorneys to argue last week in San Francisco before Federal District Judge Vaughn Walker, that he must toss out the Electronic Frontier Foundations lawsuit challenging the secret states driftnet surveillance ... [Guerrilla News Network - 11/13/2009]

Entities: Wiretapping, Kevin Bankston, Barack Obama

First Reported 11/01/2009 - Updated 11/01/2009 - 1 Documents

Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit

Entities: Lawsuit, Obama Administration, Bush Administration

First Reported 07/02/2009 - Updated 07/02/2009 - 1 Documents

Facebook Inc

Facebook streamlines its privacy controls

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook is streamlining its complicated privacy controls to give its millions of members more control over what photos, comments and personal details they share with friends, family and strangers on Facebook and beyond.The change is considered ... [USA Today - 07/02/2009]

Entities: Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc, Debra Aho Williamson, Kevin Bankston

First Reported 07/08/2009 - Updated 07/08/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Cellphones Increasingly Used As Evidence In Court

Hugh Pickens writes 'The NY Times reports that the case of Mikhail Mallayev, who was convicted in March of murder after data from his cellphone disproved his alibi, highlights the surge in law enforcement's use of increasingly sophisticated cellular tracking ... [Slashdot - 07/08/2009]

Entities: Kevin Bankston, Probable Cause, Search Warrant

Quotes

"the obama administration has essentially adopted the position of the bush administration in these cases, even though candidate obama was incredibly critical of both the warrantless wiretapping program and the bush administration's abuse of the state secrets privilege" said Bankston

Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit [CNBC - 11/01/2009]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Facebook Case Sets Up Google Latitude as Tempti... [eWeek - 11/14/2009]
Lawyers Allege Ongoing ‘Dragnet’ Surveillance [The Washington Independent - 11/13/2009]
Spying on Americans: Obama Endorses Bush Era Wa... [Guerrilla News Network - 11/13/2009]
Feds Wanted Private Data on All Visitors to Lib... [AlterNet.org - 11/12/2009]
Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit [CNBC - 11/01/2009]
Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit [CNBC - 11/01/2009]
Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit [CNBC - 11/01/2009]
Obama government tries to block surveillance case [Eircom.net - 10/31/2009]
Obama administration: Toss wiretap lawsuit [CNBC - 10/31/2009]
U.S. tries to snuff suit on wiretaps [Philadelphia Inquirer - 10/31/2009]
Obama Administration Seeks To Block Wiretap Suit [The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed - 10/31/2009]
Obama Seeks to Block Wiretap Suit [NewsMax.com - 10/31/2009]
Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets Priv... [ABC News - 10/31/2009]
House Considers Limiting Patriot Act Spy Powers [Wired News - 10/21/2009]
Democrats Divided on Patriot Act [The Washington Independent - 10/08/2009]
Cellphones Increasingly Used As Evidence In Court [Slashdot - 07/08/2009]
Facebook streamlines its privacy controls [USA Today - 07/02/2009]
Senate Panel Plans Hearing on Wiretapping [NewsFactor Network - 04/20/2009]
Quick Takes [White House Watch - 04/07/2009]

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
From EFF's Secret Files: Anatomy of a Bogus Sub... [All Things Digital - 11/11/2009] By Kevin Bankston, Sr. Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier FoundationCan the U.S. government secretly subpoena the IP address of every visitor to a political website? ...
From EFF's Secret Files: Anatomy of a Bogus Sub... [All Things Digital - 11/11/2009] By Kevin Bankston, Sr. Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation Can the U.S. government secretly subpoena the IP address of every visitor to a political website? ...
House Considers Limiting Patriot Act Spy Powers [Wired: Threat Level - 10/21/2009] Powerful House members are proposing sweeping reforms to U.S. surveillance law that puts them on a collision course with pro-domestic spying legislation in the Senate. Democratic ...
Lawmakers Cave to FBI in Patriot Act Debate [Wired: Threat Level - 10/01/2009] Powerful Senate leaders on Thursday bowed to FBI concerns that adding privacy protections to an expiring provision of the Patriot Act could jeopardize “ongoing” ...
Lawmakers Cave to FBI in Patriot Act Debate [Wired: Threat Level - 10/01/2009] In an about face, Sen. Patrick Leahy removed privacy protections in a key Patriot Act provision up for renewal before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which the Democrat ...

Audio/Video

sort by: Date \| Relevance
The Alyona Show: US lying about oil reserves? [Russia Today - YouTube - 11/17/2009]

Change Password

Log in to Silobreaker

Advanced Search Options

Kevin Bankston