Senator Leahy has an proposed Cybercrime Amendment to S3414 that would, effectively, substantially enhance penalties for cyber crime and impose mandatory minimum sentences. There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of this — but the main one offered by … Read more »
As predicted, a group of leading Senate Republicans (McCain, Hutchison, Grassley, Chambliss, Murkowski and Coats) have introduced an alternative cybersecurity bill that will be in direct competition with the Lieberman-Collins proposal. Styled as a complete substitute and alternative, the McCain … Read more »
While the experience is fresh, I thought I’d share some reflections on this morning’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Due Process Guarantee Act. [The SJC hearing page has copies of the witness statements (including my own), and … Read more »
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Department of Justice’s Inspector General released an interim report on the Department’s handling of “known or suspected” terrorists who have entered the government’s witness protection program. The report found, among other things, that information on some program participants had not been turned over to no-fly list authorities; and, that two such people could not be located—though one… Read more »
