Court Rejects Warrantless GPS Tracking

A federal court of appeals has rejected the U.S. government’s argument that it does not need a warrant to conduct GPS tracking on suspects.

The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled unanimously that agents of the FBI should have obtained a warrant prior to planting a GPS…

Is the U.S. Ready for X-Ray Vision?

The recent attempts by underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to detonate explosives on flight to Detroit in December and the attempt by a terrorist in Saudi Arabia to blow up Prince Mohammed bin Nayef with explosives in his rectum, has raised concern among transportation officials on how to detect explosives hidden beneath clothing. The U.S., along with several other…