Liberty Links

Published: 
Thursday, August 19, 2010

Another lawsuit against the Seattle police: The Stranger looks at the latest lawsuit over excessive force against a jaywalker by Seattle police officers. It reminds readers of the ACLU-WA’s observation that such incidents point to the need for training in how to de-escalate situations, especially when there is no threat whatsoever to public safety.

NSA Snooping: The Seattle Weekly reports that our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (aka EFF) are again pursuing a lawsuit over an NSA spy program created during the Bush era. In an earlier EFF suit that was dismissed a former AT&T technician  claimed that in cities across the county—Seattle included—the NSA was operating "secure rooms" where the agency was allegedly conducting surveillance on customers' online activities.