Border Sweeps in North Reach Miles Into U.S

Nina Bernstein reports: The Lake Shore Limited runs between Chicago and New York City without crossing the Canadian border. But when it stops at Amtrak stations in western New York State, armed Border Patrol agents routinely board the train, question passengers about their citizenship and take away... Read more...

Department of Homeland Security Sued Over Secret Traveller Files

Matt Smith reports: San Francisco travel writer Edward Hasbrouck has sued the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over what he says is the agency’s refusal to give a complete accounting of secret files detailing his numerous border crossings around the world. “This is not something I’m... Read more...

EDNY: SCA won’t cut it: historical cell data requires warrant

Chris Soghoian has uploaded a federal magistrate’s decision in Eastern District New York denying the federal government’s request for an order requiring Sprint Nextel to produce cell records, including tower and sector information for a subscriber’s phone. According to court documents,... Read more...

CT: Proposal would track students

Erin Cox reports that a district in Connecticut is thinking of making students carry chipped ID cards so that they can track them. Yes, really. The New Canaan school district is thinking about electronically tracking their students. Many students are not pleased with the idea that they could end... Read more...

Senators ask Marshals Service why it stores images of full-body scans

Katherine McIntire Peters and Aliya Sternstein report: Unhappy Senate lawmakers have asked the U.S. Marshals Service, an arm of the Justice Department, to explain why it has stored more than 35,000 whole body imaging scans taken at a federal courthouse in Florida. In an Aug. 19 letter to the agency,... Read more...

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