people were telling me what does the aclu have to do now? couldn't grow out of business and saying mission accomplished? the patriot act is very much with us. the current events i actually one thing i hope we can talk about. i think there might be some prospect for change. >> where? >> guest: one thing that happened. i started writing this weak in the -- book in the middle of barack obama's first term. at that time, people didn't understand that obama continued bush's policy. the surveillance and everything we were doing domestically. and so linda greenhouse referred my book to the wake-up call. people didn't wake up that much. people were not looking to re-examine the decisions that had been made in the fall of 2001 about what our antiterrorism strategies should be. so what i would say is there was a snooze alarm. and the wake-up call came with snowden. when he started releasing documents about what actually is going on behind the curtain and what kind of surveillance there is, i think people did start to pay more attention. i think for goo

homeland security secretary versus the aclu. here's what we can agree on -- terrorists are always looking for ways to attack the united states and our government must have the best information available to stop them. but reasonable people start to disagree when we're forced to figure out how to stop them. today president obama struck the right balance, between our privacy and our security. >> those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in repeating the tragedy of 9/11, and those who defend these programs are not dismissive of civil liberties. the challenge is getting the details right, and that is not simple. >> it isn't simple, but we live in a data-driven world. private companies collect our data all the time. and what the president announced today is far more protective than how some companies are using our personal information. of course, our constitution holds the government to a higher standard. we need to have a conversation about that, but we also need to ask ourselves how else are we going to prot

>> no, ma'am, that was not consensual sex at all. >> sandra park, you are with the aclu. you listen to rachel's story, can you talk about this? can you tell us how common this is? she was a senior in high school. she reports a rape and she is put in a disciplinary school next to her accused rapist. >> obviously, it was a serious violation of rachel's rights. and common sense, honestly. when we have set up a system where we want rape victims to come forward and report the violence they experience, to turn around and then actually punish the victim for having done that reporting is just absolutely do to chris and undermines the public trust in our police system and schools. unfortunately, what we know about rape in this country is that half of the women who are raped are under the age of 18. so we are talking about girls. a significant number of the sexual assaults are occurring in schools. obviously, a lot of the sexual assaults are not reported. but what we know about reports is about 3800 are reported in public schools in a year. that is a significant number, but just a

there is no need to delay to respond to the aclu's comments.they have been aware of this since october. they have submitted comments in december when the legislation was to be considered. that was a month 1/2 ago. since then planning staff has been working diligently to respond to those comments as well as the comments of the architectural review committee. the apple team has been as well. i would say that we will all be fully prepared on february 6th, if you feel any information is incomplete or lacking in anyway, the time to continue is then, not now on the suspicion that perhaps the materials won't be complete. thank you very much. >> good afternoon commissioners. i'm rick mel tloe with apple. we are working with the project to get it to this point. we see no reason for the delay and we would like to see the project continue on its current path and be heard on february 6th. thank you. >> is there any other additional public comments? okay. seeing none public comment is closed. and commissioner moore? commissioner dr. roscoe >>commissioner ka

when we with the aclu were introducing new technologies into our police department. the technology now is incredible. we have license plate scanners that can scan thousands of license plates and pulled him out of different data. we have cameras with incredible sophistication from facial vision,ion, night incredible for public safety. we have sound detectors that can isolate gunshots. it is incredible. we reached out to you because obviously with that technology comes tremendous governmental power. there has to be some checks and balances and we asked the aclu to write standard operating procedures. i want to ask you the flipside in some sense to show that balance. why does the aclu advocate for dash cams on police cars? >> accountability can come with this. we think it is appropriate to monitor the government doing its job. it is more appropriate for us to be monitoring the government than the government to be monitoring us. -- proliferation smartphones -- i just lost my geek status by showing a blackberry. the fact that kids in high school now all have these cameras

the aclu is getting involved. this is one topic i agree with them on.ey said, look, this is ridiculous. it means three pointer, and a lot of parents are saying, come on. >> i don't like the aclu's statement. one of the things they say in here is that it appears as though the school district and police department are unprepared to respond to the increasing diversity in the schools. as if it's about racism. that's what the aclu is alleging. >> could you put the picture up again? >> i see what you mean. >> if they were white and doing the three-pointer, that wouldn't have been a problem. >> right, so it does make sense. >> i could be completely wrong about this, but the bloods and crips, the two major gangs in america -- >> their symbols. >> this is the crips, the c, and the bloods -- i could be wrong, but the letter b. i could be wrong. >> can i rename this segment? this is the longest seven minutes. >> if the players were white, if they were white, would we be having this discussion? would parent think it was gang related if they weren't black? probably

>> well, the aclu and rand paul are right, which is why it was a terrific speech.rrors and very little substantive change, which is what we need. in fact, it was the best use of obama's rhetorical powers of dazzling with very little content since the '08 campaign. look, obama knows he has to retain the program. it's extremely important. but he made enough rhetoric and enough nods to the other side, at least philosophically, and enough cosmetic changes to make it look as if he did something, but if you look at all the points you mentioned, they are really unimportant in the overall scheme. it doesn't matter who keeps the records. what matters is do you collect them, and is it kept somewhere? answer, yes. true, you're going to have to go thru the fisa court to access it, except in an emergency, so anytime you really need it, no court. and if you've got time on your hands so you'll have a procedure and you'll almost always end up with access. they're going to add a privacy advocate who will plead in the fisa court, but it seems only in novel cases, not routine ones. b

so, if i may begin with machaela davis from the aclu. jennie friedenbach from the commission on homelessness. [speaker not understood] prigeners with children. [speaker not understood] thomas from drug policy alliance. ~ prisoners with children please go ahead. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i want to thank you, supervisor campos ask your staff, for holding this hearing and the rest of the committee for hearing this important issue ~. my name is machaela davis. i'm an attorney at the aclu and we are committed to focusing on alternative to incarceration to address the socioeconomic issues faced by poor communities and communities of color both here and around the state. we are please today see the budget and legislative analyst report give a reasonable projection for the number of needed beds. however, we still think the city should look skeptically at any decision to spend hundreds of millions of dollars out of the general fund and ask whether that money could be used to reduce the demand for those jail bed in the first place. any numbe

the aclu is hoping the family with a lawsuit. meanwhile in new hampshire three seabrook police officers are on paid administrative leave after this two thousandnine a rest video with by a roll monday on youtube. the video shows a nineteen year old michael berger and having his face it's really been too long like police officers after leaving the boat tomorrow. he is then pushed down to the floor and pepper spray one of the officers even takes a moment to look up and smiled for the camera. aaron was arrested on charges of driving under the influence possession of controlled drugs and resisting arrest. a police report describes them as aggressive and uncooperative. the incident is now under investigation by the attorney general's office armor and is considering a lawsuit against the officers all three of these incidents are making headlines at the same time as in its ninety nine percent of all complaints over police brutality are left un investigated in new jersey that's according to a report published this week by the courier news

the aclu is looking at our numbers just like they did in new york. the initial findings are that most of the stops we're making are when people are involved in criminal activity. they kept records and the people that we should be paying attention to. but i find it remarkable that in a city where ray kelly has been able to reduce the homicide rate by 86%, the conversation is around something else other than giving him the credit that he's due for what's happened here. 7,000 lives are saved over this period of time. i give him a lot of credit for that. >> yes. way back -- >> hi there. i'm sara goodyear. i'm with the "atlantic cities." and even as homicides have continued to fall in new york city, traffic, violence, continues to be a big issue here. 148 pedestrians were killed by cars last year. there's a perception that a lot of drivers don't get prosecuted for criminal activity. do you think the nypd could do a better job of preventing traffic violence on the street? how could they do that? >> we can always do a better job in every area. we're down 6,

an aclu report.ator say, quote, there is no justice here. >> and as lawrence was getting at, paul wasn't only right to join this reform effort, he was politically independent. the war on drugs may be a policy failure, but it's been a political winner for many, many candidates in both parties. from nixon's law and order crackdown in 196 to george h.w. bush's campaign crime obsession in 1988, running on mass incarceration was often a winning message. >> i pledge to you the wave of crime is not going to be the wave of the future in america. >> as governor michael dukakis vetoed mandatory sentences for drug dealers. he vetoed the death penalty. his revolving door prison policy gave weekend furloughs to first degree murder es not eligible for parole. now michael dukakis says he wants to do for america what he's done for massachusetts. america can't afford that risk. >> now, that's politically interesting. there's nothing easy or automatic about the obama administration or congress stepping up here. and i'

in the "crossfire" tonight a homeland security secretary versus the aclu.orists are always looking for ways to attack the united states and our government must have the best information available to stop them. but reasonable people start to disagree when we're forced to figure out how to stop them. today president obama struck the right balance, between our privacy and our security. >> those who are troubled by our existing programs are not interested in repeating the tragedy of 9/11, and those who defend these programs are not dismissive of civil liberties. the challenge is getting the details right, and that is not simple. >> it isn't simple, but we live in a data-driven world. private companies collect our data all the time. and what the president announced today is far more protective than how some companies are using our personal information. of course, our constitution holds the government to a higher st

i am speaking at an aclu conference in vermont next week and i thought i would look up how many jobs there are open in vermont looking for people are top secret clearances. and i am happy to report the top 7-10 open in vermont when you do a search of vermont and secret are secrets. we haven't been destroyed yet. i want to tell you something else. i get a knock on my door from a guy that said you don't know me, i wanted to come by for quite some time. i have not read your book he says and lots of intro and i am thinking 9-11 truth committee. i am being nice, which is hard for me. and he said where was driving by your house and i saw two surveillance videos out in front. i know you do something in the security field and i don't want to be a conspiracy nut but it didn't strike me bill arkin lives there. he took a picture of these two surveillance vehicles. and later on in the day, he said, i went down and they were parked on the woodstock green transmitting. and he said i had kind of lost the pictures on my phone and talked to chuck about it. and he said that is kind of interesting you

so next week i'm speaking at aclu vermont conference and i thought, well, i'll look up how many people -- how many jobs there are open right now in vermont looking for people with top secret clearances. i'm happy to report that the top -- out of search out of the top ten jobs open in vermont now, when you do a search of vermont at secret or victoria's secrets. we haven't been quite destroyed yet. [laughter] no, though, i want to share with you something else about vice vermont and the world we live in. so i get a knock on the door at my home in south -- [inaudible] and the guy says, you don't know me but i live in the north area, and i wanted to come by for quite some time, you know, i'm sorry i haven't read your books. lots of intro. i'm wondering 9/11 truth committee. [laughter] but he says, yeah, yeah, yeah. okay. i'm being very nice. it's hard for me. he says i spoke to the store manager and he said go on over there and tell him what you know. and he said, so i was driving by your house one day and i saw these duosurveillance vehicles in front of it, and, you know, i know you do so

focus on the president, any advocacy to get that same movement no congress by the aclu, that's wheree power has to come from. >> the amnesty, aclu and other groups are active in a lobby in congress. but, yes, we have to get beyond the politics of fear. and the notion of continuing to hold people who have been cleared for release because of fear that they might also go out and commit some further act. you know, imagine if we were to hold everybody in the united states who we feared would commit some further crime. we are not a society that's -- that -- that is geared in that way. and -- and this fundamental violation of their human rights to a fair trial has to -- has to be resolved, and we're confident, hopeful that the president will. >> all right, amnesty international usa, steven hawkins, thank you. >> thank you. >> while parts of the country brace for a round of potentially life threatening cold, other areas face treacherous roads and maddening travel delays. a report next. you're comfortable here. it's where you email, shop, even bank. but are you too comfortable? these days cri

the aclu has come out against the surveillance program as well. a lawsuitiling against the obama administration. 15 judges have approved the surveillance 36 times. 2007 shooting incident at virginia tech, another development. university was fined $5,000 -- 36 people were injured when a student went on a rampage. the university was fined $27,000 for warning related issues. coverage started this week for people signing up for coverage under the affordable care act. parts of it are being called into question. >> on january 1, the entirety of president obama's health care law went into effect. but not without controversy. ay, the administration for them to stop blocking parts of the lot dealing with birth control. they set up and out. -- an out. -- none say it is not enough and is a violation of their religious beliefs. >> to say that there is an exemption here is not enough. plan mustnsurance cover essentials like doctor visits and prescription drugs. >> it is a very small part of the overall affordable care act benefits. more than 27 million women a

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let me tie what you're saying -- the aclu is trying hard for this country to keep our rights and keep our democracy, but what you're saying about germany and other countries, it seems to me one reason why i'm somewhat opt is in sting that congress with resolve the freedom act, we're beginning to get a lot of publishback from other countries, particularly germany. they know the history of this, and one of the things that people are realizing is that the americans have had dominance in the whole telecommunications field and over the internet. so one reason it's easy for the nsa to gather in the information is the fiberoptic cables commiphora the nut and american companies have been cooperating with the government in turning over information voluntarily or allowing the government to just have a lot of access to things like the internet, a potential surveillance tool. i was just at a meeting at the white house over the summer where there were a lot of people from the telecommunications industry and internet industry, who told the pratt that if we don't -- the president if we don't have be

joining us now is the national director of the aclu of florida, eric simon. thank you for your time. i know that you're involved in this case that ultimately seems to have struck down florida governor rick scott's sort of signature drug testing law. why do you think the governor championed this law in the first place? was it addressing a known problem in the state? >> well, he trapped himself into this by his rhetoric when he was a candidate for governor. i have to say that what he did because shamelessly exploit ugly prejudices and false stereotypes that people have about the poor. i say shamelessly, because he knew the facts, some of the facts, beforehand. there was an experiment in florida several years ago that failed and then he kept repeating the same thing over and over again, even after three months into the program, as you have just reported, the rate of positive tests for people who are applicants for welfare was about one-fourth of the general population. and he knew that. and he kept repeating it. and i think, frankly, what it's all about, it's mo

officials insist they have no plans to put cameras on the blimps but the aclu points out there's no law against it. >> right now, there are no rules. there's nothing that bars us from having high powered cameras monitoring our every public movement. >> now the blimps are old- fashioned technology but this is a modern day dilemma much like the controversy over nsa eavesdropping. government efforts to make americans safer also have the potential to invade their privacy. >>> the police chief of mount pleasant, new york has been arrested on charges of possession of child pornography. police say brian fanelli used a file sharing program to download images of child pornography and then share them with others. >> our investigation revealed that mr. fanelli had in his possession a library of over 100 files depicting sexually explicit images of children that he shared these files with other users. and so we moved rather swiftly given his prominence in the community. >> after his arrest yesterday reportedly he was released on $50,000 bond last night. a judge has ordered him to home confinement wi

joining me now, laura murphy, director of the aclu's washington legislative office. your time. >> you're welcome, tamron. >> linda is an advocacy director for the national network for arab-american communities. she says adding religion and national origin is huge, but if they don't close the national security loophole, then this is really irrelevant. what she is referring to is the justice department profiling guide, still as it relates to the identification of a terrorist, recognizes race and ethnicity when looking at a suspect. and that is permitted by the nation's laws and it says the constitution. >> so i think she's right. and i think it's very important for people to know that this is an unconstitutional form of law enforcement activity. and we do believe that the national security loophole needs to be closed as well as the national origin and religion. and the fact that discrimination based on sexual orientation is barred is good. but i talked to a justice department official this morning who said the guidance was not ready. and we are hoping to meet with the

and we're going to have the chief spokesperson for the aclu representing people who worry more abouturity. so the contrast is going to be very vivid. >> the aclu national director, laura murphy versus tom ridge in "crossfire." i believe it starts at 6:30 p.m. eastern after another show we call "the situation room." >> yes. >> hey, guys, thanks very much. >> thank you. >>> no hiding her age for michelle obama. the first lady turns 50 today, and she teams to be having the time of her life. we're taking a closer look at our own perceptions of aging and whether mrs. obama is redefining the way we see it. happy birthday, by the way. ♪ [ chainsaw whirring ] humans -- sometimes life trips us up. sometimes we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call liberty mutual insurance at... [ thump ] to speak with an insurance expert and ask about all the personalized savings available for when you get married, move

. >> now spurred on by those revelations of edward snowden, the aclu has filed a lawsuit seeking to forcethe u.s. government to disclose details of its foreign electronics surveillance program that has targeted millions of everyday people. >> let's take a look at the man who exposed the spying program that wants operated in darkness. >> edward snowden became one of the most well-known faces of 2013 by leaking classified material from the united states. he unmasked the extent of surveillance i the u.s. and british secret services. he told the world about the u.s. data mining program. >> recently, we learned our governments working in concert have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance, watching everything we do. >> snowden was part of that system. as a computer expert and contractor to the national security agency, he said his criticism fell on deaf ears. >> over time, that awareness of wrongdoing builds up that you feel compelled to talk about it. the more you talk about it, the more you are ignored and told it's not troubled. >> but snowden did see it as a problem and decided to

i want to ask you about the aclu response to the speech yesterday. guest: good morning.e were really disappointed in the president's beach. he took some steps to recognize the status of the government is sensitive. there are implications. he did not go far enough. we have discovered that they are collecting e-mail and internet records. phone records. his response was very narrow and only addressed one program. wonderful records collection program. the next step for us will be to push congress. to think more broadly. to talk about the patriot act. the wiretapping programs. the government cannot collect information from people anymore. host: coming out of december, the president review panel released recommendations. what were your expectations heading into yesterday's speech? guest: sadly, the president did not embrace the recommendations of his own review group. i have not tallied them up, but of the 46, he may be took up five or six of them. we're disappointed that even the handpicked review group, which includes people that are in the homeland security department and c

even the aclu is weighing in. they refer to the cameras as little brother. now yes, this technology may help in catching suspects. but at what potential cost to our privacy? neighborhood surveillance video helped capture a suspect in a string of san jose arson fires. and with more cameras comes more evidence like this, which begs the question, can it be made more efficient for law enforcement? at least one local law maker says yes. >> this is really leveraging the efforts of our community collectively to see how we can support our police department. >> reporter: he is proposing a crowd-sourced database where city residents would let

with us, atly son holkum with the aclu of washington. and jonathan segal and jonathan with carnegie university. allison, one question that has been asked many times now there is another substance that you have to worry about people using and driving, part of the challenge being that there is no test that is reliable as a breathalyzer for alcohol when it comes to thc in the system and trying to determine how long someone remains impaired after smoking. >> we do have a learning curve when it comes to thc on driving. there are political studies that suggest guidelines for standards. that's what we looked at when we established a per se standard for active thc. when i say active thc, there is the active thc that causes impairment, and the enactive metabolized that will show up in workplace tests for example. our workplace does not apply to the inactive standard but only to the active standard. >> now in the case of alcohol, it's been said, well, my whole life i guess, that it effects different people in different ways, different weights, dif

. >>> in san francisco, the aclu of northern california is announcing the settlement of a class action site that will stop the government's blanket policy of shackling immigrants during immigration proceedings. they have appeared before judges in chains and shackles. they are civil and not criminal proceeding. detainees appearing for bond and merit for longer can be shackled applying to all hearings other than mass hearings where detainees can petition to have the legal of restraints put on them. >> six more deaths from flu are confirmed in the bay area, three in contra costa county and san mateo and sonoma and san francisco counties each reporting one. in contra costa county, officials say they are still seeing severe cases and 20 people have been hospitalized so far this season. >> last year we had one death related to h1n1 and this year we have already had five. flu is unpredictable and we do not know what will happen. that is why we encourage people to be vaccinated. now. >> usually flu season peaks by march. this is a flu clinic today at the tang center free for students with heal

did you support the aclu against the government? >> i had nothing to do with that. >> you don't feel any conflict? >> no. i think what has changed is the nature of the technology. when you talk about subpoenas whether it is through grand jury, typically you are looking for a very focused type of information relevant to a specific investigation. when you are comparing this to the metadata, you are talking about millions of americans records swept up. >> swept up. it is somewhere in the computer. >> no subpoena has ever been allowed to reach that level. the analogy is a flawed analogy. >> looking at every record that is there, they have to have some valuable for an investigation. >> you were drawing analogy -- an analogy to the subpoena appeared as subpoena has the -- subpoena. a subpoena had to be relevant to a particular inquiry. the metadata program elicits a vast amounts of data far more than any subpoena in the history of the world has been able to gather. and theetadata comes in only difference is it was in the computers of the

information is publicly out there, that information is just not protected, but when you cross the line, the acluht a case and in many instances, organizations have retracted this policy of asking for access for passwords, because honestly, no one has the right to your passwords. >> no one has the trite your passwords. but some bosses want to see it. they have a lot of good candidates. they want to make sure you're not a total loser, i guess, or on a booze cruise every night. the other thing i want to ask you about. credit scores. i've covered this story many times. i hear complaints from people their credit is checked and then they're denied a job. been around a long time knop laws in ten stricts contradicting this, from using the background check, the credit check, against potential employees. is it fair for employers to weigh credit scores before they hire somebody? >> it's very important for viewers to know this. people cannot get this information about you unless you sign a consent form giving them permission to get it. >> if you want the job you're going to do it. you know? that's the -- ca

according to a fox news reports are somehow on the rise in united states in the twenty first century the aclu and the brennan center for justice claimed that the local courts have been sending individuals with unpaid fines and fees jail which the courts may not even realize it is illegal. these courts are lacking of people with fines that have exploded in size due to interest impose additional now head for the representation they had won the award for which i always thought was supposed to be free. but worst of all some are still in prison for fees they occurred while being in prison like having the audacity to use toilet paper pay the tax payer money down the toilet. the kicker to this all is that drawing people in prison for their debts costs more than that gets the prisoners have to pay off. that's right that local governments to lose money doing this. someone please refer to founding fathers america is plenty of time if you are worried about this comeback of debtors prison for using those rednecks deserve it. let me ask you something. how's it going with paying off all your loans and bill

. >> reporter: other photos gathered by the aclu show gashes on inmates foreheads, broken teeth and breugznion accused of any crime and said today the department is cooperating with the investigation. >> to the people of the county, i extend my deepest gratitude for allowing me to serve you the past 48 years. it has been a dream come true. >> when reporters asked if he feared being indicted he said he only fears if he doesn't tell the truth and said part of the reason for retiring is to allow the department to move beyond these scandals. "cbs news," los angeles. >> today, j.p. morgan chase agreed to pay $1.7 billion to avoid criminal prosecution in connection with bernie madoff's ponzi scheme. prosecutors say that chase madoff's main bank failed to report evidence of his massive fraud. the money will go to madoff's investors who lost $18 billion. we will be right back. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue

. >>> good afternoon, i'm machaela davis i'm a staff attorney at the aclu in northern california. one thing we do is work on alternative to incarceration around the state. we really are focusing on counties redirecting resources to strategies that strengthen communities and make our communities safe and healthy. decreasing barriers to employment and housing as everyone knows is one of those key strategies to keeping our communities safe and healthy. as the state continues to undergo the changes under criminal justice realignment, county level reform is all the more important. and we're looking forward to san francisco continuing to serve as a positive example to other counties around the state. so, i want to express our strong support of the legislation and thank supervisors kim and cohen and the rest of the board for their support. >> thank you, ms. [speaker not understood]. >>> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is ernest stokes. i'm a long time resident of san francisco, i live in the bayview district. basically i'm here because i'm in favor of the fair chance ordinance becau

the aclu did a report card on the presidential candidates last election.h 21 out of 26 liberty torches and ron paul is second with 18 out of 26 and obama was third with 16 out of 26 and mitt romney have one liberty torches out of 26. i'm a flaming liberal when it comes to civil liberties and i believe that i am as conservative as anybody when it comes to dollars and cents. neil: do you think those social issues dominate this? >> well, if you don't get give voice to the opposition than that is your choice as. everyone within the republican primary were socially conservative and i think that that is where the disconnect ones. neil: what harm is it listening to their points of view? each party tries to get it monolithic. there is a fiscally responsible and socially tolerant compromised. neil: very smart. thank you for being on the show. anyway, people clap when the president pulled on their heartstrings for extending unemployment benefits. except businesses would maybe have to pay for those benefits. we asked people a question, how much money do you think you

of legislation drops to rein in unison as powers the court its limit lawsuits from groups like the aclu an foundation. one federal judge calls the program likely unconstitutional. but less than two weeks later another federal judge upholds the program. the supreme court. whew it's been in the white house in its present borders an independent review panel which litter comes out with forty six specific recommendations to reform the nsa. if you'd asked me six months ago we were about to launch into this enterprise. the weather after half a year there would still be an intense global conversation that was picking up momentum as the year and that i would have said probably not been so heading into twenty fourteen changes some form is almost certainly come in indiana said. with all three branches of government now weighing and enjoy similar conclusions of the nsa has overstepped its bounds. edward soon becomes the whistleblower who said he was all off. six months ago he took on the most powerful office in the land. and as the year winds down he is declaring victory saying he's already won. wh

neil: the aclu talks about constitution zones. areas that the government can configure electronic device and you don't have any chance to say anything more about that. they can border on you anytime and allthe time. the judge says that that is a large swathe of americans since the number who reside include about two thirds of americans. >> unfortunately it is a judicially created exception to the fourth amendment. and in my opinion it is a rape of our constitutional rights and judges have no business cooperating on this. >> the border idea was that the government has the right to protect our borders and government has the right to know that people coming across the border are not bringing anything dangerous with them. so this decision written by a good friend of mine, a rnald reagan appointee sits in brooklyn. basically what has been when you arrive at the u.s. the government can stop you insert you without any probable cause whatsoever. the opinion says that they can conduct the search within 100 miles. it doesn't mean that the c

two thousand ten has a laptop seized by customs and border protection officers for eleven days the aclu argued such searches were part of a broader pattern of aggressive government surveillance however u s district judge at work or been dismissed that claim. he argued that such searches are very rare and ten in a million chance he said. and that if people don't want to be searched they shouldn't trouble with electronic devices. he said while it is true that laptops may make an overseas work more convenient the percussion splits may choose to take to mitigate the legit harm assisted with the remote possibility of a border search are simply among the many inconveniences associated with the international travel this is the forecourt to roll on the issue to other federal appeals courts of the searches while one core role that such searches should require reasonable suspicion workers around the country are re and a new year with a new rates workers this year will see a bigger paycheck in thirteen states. new york new jersey connecticut and rhode island raising the state minimum wage. several

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