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Law
fromAbove the Law
2 days ago

Lawyer Tells Attorneys For Missing Child That They're 'Gonna Burn In Hell' - Above the Law

A lawyer for Camp Mystic made a controversial remark during a hearing related to a tragic flood that killed 27 people.
#ice
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

ICE's hiring spree led to influx of recruits with questionable qualifications, investigation shows

Rapid recruitment by ICE has resulted in hiring employees with questionable qualifications amid the Trump administration's mass deportation agenda.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
2 days ago

At Least One ICE Agent May Face Consequences for Minnesota

Minnesota charges an ICE officer for brandishing a gun at civilians, marking a significant accountability step following Operation Metro Surge.
NYC parents
fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

Why ICE Is Allowed to Impersonate Law Enforcement

ICE agents misled campus security to detain a student without proper identification or judicial warrant.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
3 weeks ago

ICE Might Be Violating America's Other Bill of Rights

ICE and CBP have faced criticism for excessive force and violations of rights, prompting legal challenges under the Fourth Amendment and the Administrative Procedure Act.
Privacy professionals
fromNextgov.com
3 days ago

DOJ to appeal intelligence court ruling over use of spying power

The Justice Department is appealing a ruling regarding the use of surveillance tools under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
fromwww.bbc.com
4 days ago

Watch: Legal adviser helps undercover reporter pretend to be gay for asylum claim

A BBC reporter, posing as a former student wanting to remain in the UK, met one of those advisers, Tanisa Khan. For a fee, she offered to provide evidence to support the fake claim that he was gay.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest won't erase the pain for Afghans but it shows Australia is willing to face uncomfortable truths | Shadi Khan Saif

For a long time, these claims of unlawful killings, or war crimes had lived quietly in Afghan villages. They were shared between families, in grief and disbelief, but rarely went beyond that.
Social justice
Right-wing politics
fromTruthout
6 days ago

Trump's Extreme Use of Military Is Stirring a Crisis of Conscience Among Troops

Growing numbers of servicemembers oppose U.S. military actions under Trump, particularly the war on Iran, leading to increased calls for counseling services.
SF politics
fromAxios
5 days ago

Congress reaches the breaking point on its ethics crisis

Lawmakers are frustrated with the slow pace of the Ethics panel and are considering forcing expulsion votes.
Media industry
fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

Defense Department Lawyering Almost As Good As Hegseth's Pullups - Above the Law

The Pentagon's press policy has been repeatedly voided by the courts, highlighting ongoing tensions between the Defense Department and media access.
#police-misconduct
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Former O.C. cop used database to track woman, contacted her thousands of times, prosecutors say

A former police officer pleaded guilty to unauthorized computer access and harassment in a case involving an extramarital relationship.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
5 days ago

Saint John police chief accused of misconduct in Ontario, lawsuits reveal | CBC News

Heather Harmer accuses Saint John Police Chief Robert Bruce of misconduct related to her husband's suicide and seeks over $31M in damages.
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
3 days ago

Former O.C. cop used database to track woman, contacted her thousands of times, prosecutors say

A former police officer pleaded guilty to unauthorized computer access and harassment in a case involving an extramarital relationship.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
5 days ago

Saint John police chief accused of misconduct in Ontario, lawsuits reveal | CBC News

Heather Harmer accuses Saint John Police Chief Robert Bruce of misconduct related to her husband's suicide and seeks over $31M in damages.
World politics
fromAxios
1 week ago

Trump's Iran threats raise moral stakes for military members

Threats against Iran's infrastructure raise concerns about potential war crimes and civilian casualties amid escalating tensions.
UK politics
fromIndependent
5 days ago

Ministerial blame game over 'send in the Army' threat

Fianna Fáil questions Fine Gael leader for not informing about a no-confidence motion vote regarding the government's fuel crisis handling.
Philosophy
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Twenty seconds to approve a military strike; 1.2 seconds to deny a health insurance claim. The human is in the AI loop. Humanity is not

Artificial intelligence significantly accelerates decision-making in military and business contexts, but human oversight may be minimal and ineffective.
Law
fromAbove the Law
5 days ago

Legal Ethics Roundup: Billing 34.5 Hours In A Day, New ABA Recusal Opinion, Shortcomings In SCOTUS Ethics Rules, Pro Se AI Sanctions, Extra Time For Bar Exam, Purging Immigration Judges & More - Above the Law

Lawyers must disclose information that could lead to a judge's disqualification, balancing this with client confidentiality obligations.
#immigration
Mission District
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Opposing ICE Might Save the Country. It Could Also Ruin Your Life

Rafael Concepcion has dedicated himself to creating tools to resist federal immigration enforcement after witnessing the impact on his community.
Mission District
fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Opposing ICE Might Save the Country. It Could Also Ruin Your Life

Rafael Concepcion has dedicated himself to creating tools to resist federal immigration enforcement after witnessing the impact on his community.
Remote teams
fromTheregister
2 weeks ago

Security contractor blew the whistle on shabby support crew

Brad, a security contractor, faced challenges with antivirus alerts while working in a labor hire company's office without proper IT support.
Intellectual property law
fromNextgov.com
3 weeks ago

Judge blocks DOD's ban on Anthropic, calls it First Amendment retaliation

A federal judge temporarily blocked the government's ban on Anthropic, citing retaliation and due process violations by the Defense Department.
US news
fromThe Washington Post
3 weeks ago

Supreme Court says police officer is immune from misconduct claim by protester

The Supreme Court granted qualified immunity to a Vermont officer accused of using excessive force on a nonviolent protester during a 2015 sit-in.
UK politics
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 weeks ago

UK government raid on lawyer's office in Guantanamo Bay case deeply troubling'

The Independent provides critical journalism on key issues without paywalls, relying on donations to support their reporting efforts.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

DHS attorney said agents in Los Angeles should have 'started hitting' protesters, emails show

A DHS attorney suggested using force against protesters during an anti-ICE demonstration in Los Angeles, advocating for mass arrests of those unable to escape.
Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
1 month ago

The Military's AI Fever Is Leading Into Disaster, Critics Say

The US military's rapid AI deployment risks unsafe systems causing excessive civilian harm, wrongful arrests, and civil liberties violations without adequate human oversight safeguards.
Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
1 month ago

Discussing Use of Force in Security: A Challenging Discussion?

Use of force in security cannot be entirely avoided but should be deployed only as a last resort when lesser options fail, requiring comprehensive training in tactics, de-escalation, and legal authority.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

By your command, my robot: AI war games spark debate about ethical limits

The limits of using artificial intelligence for military purposes are fueling a global debate with real-world consequences. Still from the movie 'WarGames' (1983), starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy. U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered the cancellation of all contracts with Anthropic, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, in a controversial decision with political, business, and technological implications.
Artificial intelligence
Philosophy
fromApaonline
1 month ago

Secrecy, Democracy, Necessity

Executive officials justify secrecy through claims of protecting decision-making integrity and national security, but such necessity arguments alone cannot legitimize secret governance in democracies.
fromIndependent
1 month ago

GP admits poor professional performance over exposing breast of army officer without consent during examination

A GP has admitted to poor professional performance over his physical examination of an army officer during which he inappropriately exposed one of her breasts without the patient's consent. The doctor - who was identified only as Doctor C - made admissions at a fitness-to-practise hearing of the Medical Council in relation to four allegations concerning his treatment of the female soldier while working as a locum at the Curragh Camp, Co Kildare on September 19, 2022.
Healthcare
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Opinion: The immorality of betting on war

Prediction markets allow betting on geopolitical events including military strikes and political upheavals, raising ethical concerns about profiting from advance knowledge of violence and human suffering.
#immigration-enforcement
US politics
fromWIRED
1 month ago

Confessions of the ICE Agent Whisperer

Independent journalist Karl Loftus interviews anonymous DHS immigration enforcement agents through his project 'Confessions of an ICE Agent,' providing rare insight into officers' perspectives during Trump's immigration enforcement surge.
US politics
fromemptywheel
1 month ago

Accountability - emptywheel

Accountability for Trump and his administration is essential to prevent him from scapegoating Muslims for failures resulting from his Iran conflict decisions.
Privacy technologies
fromWIRED
1 month ago

How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance

Grassroots organizing requires careful tradeoffs between openness and security to protect participants from extensive government surveillance and corporate data cooperation.
Public health
fromWIRED
2 months ago

Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantanamo

Uniformed US Public Health Service personnel are being deployed to immigration detention sites, including Guantánamo, encountering bleak, potentially inhumane detention conditions and morale-based resignations.
Careers
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

My Boss Tasked Me With Finding Out Who Has Been Stealing From the Company. He's Not Going to Like the Answer.

Tell the boss promptly, present ironclad written evidence, and protect a copy outside the office in case of retaliation.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Officer who ran pizza company on sick leave fired

well enough to work but not well enough to serve the public in any capacity
Miscellaneous
Privacy professionals
fromDataBreaches.Net
1 month ago

Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data - DataBreaches.Net

Hacktivists claiming to be 'Department of Peace' breached DHS and leaked contracts between the agency, ICE, and over 6,000 companies including defense and tech firms.
Remote teams
fromUNILAD Tech
1 month ago

Cop fired after being caught using 'deceitful' work-from-home hack

A police officer was terminated and banned from law enforcement after using a photo frame device to fake activity on her work-from-home laptop by generating artificial keystrokes.
World news
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 months ago

Under Pressure: Exploring the effect of legal and criminal threats on security researchers and journalists - DataBreaches.Net

Most surveyed journalists and security researchers face legal or criminal threats, yet most do not retract or change their work in response.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Secrecy around UK military civilian harm risks undermining public confidence'

Secrecy about how the UK investigates civilian deaths in military campaigns risks undermining public confidence and lacks published procedures unlike the US.
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

Some Public Health Service officers quit rather than serve in ICE detention centers

USPHS medical officers deployed to ICE detention centers report severe moral distress, substandard care, staffing shortages, and many resignations.
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data | TechCrunch

Why hack the DHS? I can think of a couple Pretti Good reasons! I'm releasing this because the DHS is killing us and people deserve to know which companies support them and what they're working on.
Privacy professionals
Law
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Department of Justice Drops Defense of Trump's Orders Punishing Law Firms

The DOJ abandoned legal cases against law firms that resisted Trump's executive orders targeting firms representing Democrats, demonstrating that legal resistance to executive overreach can succeed.
US politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

Anthropic's Lawsuit Should Absolutely Destroy the Pentagon in Court

Anthropic sued the Department of Defense over a supply chain risk designation that bans government use of Claude AI, alleging First Amendment violations after the Trump administration demanded removal of safety safeguards preventing autonomous weapons and surveillance applications.
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Living Under a Concentration Camp Regime - and Fighting Back

Mass detention systems expand through legal 'end runs' and normalization; rapid U.S. detention infrastructure growth signals a dangerous escalation requiring organized resistance.
Public health
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Some Public Health Workers Assigned to Guantanamo, Other ICE Jails, Are Quitting

U.S. Public Health Service officers were deployed to Guantánamo Bay to staff a Trump-era immigration detention operation, amid limited briefings and troubling detainee conditions.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Senior police praised undercover officer who lied to court about identity, papers at spycops inquiry show

Senior police authorised undercover officers to lie in court, concealing identities and prejudicing activists' fair-trial rights, prompting overturned convictions and a public inquiry.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
2 months ago

ICE Agents Are 'Doxing' Themselves

ICE List claims a leaked database of nearly 4,500 DHS employees but mainly aggregates publicly posted information, includes inaccuracies, and operates as a crowdsourced wiki.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Cuts in training for new ICE agents should scare everyone,' says whistleblower

ICE agent training has been reduced by 40-50%, creating inadequate preparation that risks constitutional violations, unlawful arrests, and deaths during immigration enforcement operations.
fromAbove the Law
2 months ago

DOJ Lawyer Delivers Moment Of Pure Honesty, Promptly Fired - See Generally - Above the Law

DOJ Lawyer Invites Judge To Hold Her In Contempt Just To Get Some Rest: Government attorney called out the challenges preventing her from complying with court orders and begs for rest. The DOJ immediately fired her.
Law
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Assisted dying backers accused of bullying over threat to bypass Lords

Leadbeater said MPs were angry that a small handful of peers could talk out a bill that had been backed by a majority in the Commons. I think the government should listen to that. I think they've got a duty to listen to that, she said. I worry about the reputation of the House of Lords, who nobody elected. And they should not have the power to try and block something that has been voted for by people who were democratically elected, she said.
UK politics
Law
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

Do Federal Officials Really Have "Absolute Immunity"?

Federal agents killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti during an immigration-enforcement operation in Minneapolis, triggering legal conflict over state ability to investigate or prosecute federal officials.
US politics
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Senator Joins Police to Eject Antiwar Marine From Hearing, Breaking His Arm

A Republican senator physically assisted Capitol Police in forcibly removing an anti-war protester from a Senate hearing, apparently breaking the protester's arm during the violent ejection.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Dems Who Who Urged Troops to Reject Illegal Orders

A federal grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers after the Trump DOJ sought charges over a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders.
US politics
fromThe Nation
2 months ago

ICE Officers Should Be Held Accountable. These Law School Students Know How.

Establish a federal equivalent of Section 1983 to allow lawsuits against federal officers and eliminate qualified immunity to hold them accountable.
US politics
fromABA Journal
2 months ago

Law students demand loophole shielding federal officers from civil suits should be closed

Congress should pass the Federal Officer Accountability Act to allow civil suits against federal officers and prevent qualified immunity for excessive force.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Trump's DOJ Fails To Indict Mark Kelly and 5 Other Dems

DOJ prosecutors failed to obtain a grand jury indictment against multiple Democratic lawmakers over a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

ICE conducted 37 investigations into officer misconduct in last year

ICE conducted 37 use-of-force investigations last year; 18 closed and 19 pending or referred.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

The Frightening, Very Real Tool ICE Agents Have to Add You to a "Nice Little Database" if You Attend a Protest

Federal agencies, led by DHS, have expanded use of administrative subpoena power to access individuals' information and track protesters without judicial oversight.
US politics
fromWIRED
2 months ago

Inside the ICE Forum Where Agents Complain About Their Jobs

A large unofficial forum of purported ICE and CBP personnel reveals grievances about long hours, poor leadership, inadequate training, and controversial enforcement tactics.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Judges Deny DOJ's Motions to Keep MN Church Protesters Locked Up, Rejecting Simply Speculative' Flight Risk Arguments

Federal judges ordered release of three protesters arrested at a St. Paul church after prosecutors failed to prove flight risk or justification for continued detention.
US politics
fromEmptywheel
2 months ago

Jim Comey's Learned Helplessness about the Torture Report

The classified 6,000-page Senate Intelligence Committee report on detention and interrogation remains largely unread, limiting departmental learning from past interrogation mistakes.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

ICE Agents Detained Me for Eight Hours for Legally Observing Them. I Saw Exactly What They're Up To.

Community observers confronting suspected ICE agents face violent tactics, arrests, and intensified surveillance after Renee Good's killing.
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