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May 15, 2012 |Story| RedEye
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      May 17, 2013 |Story| AP Member Choice Limited

    1. Civilian drones raise privacy concerns, lawmakers get mixed advice on what to do about them

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      WASHINGTON (AP) — The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. A future with domestic drones may be inevitable....

      Tags: Technology, Politics, Jason Chaffetz, Science and Technology, Ted Poe

      2. May 15, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    2. White House to renew bid for bill to protect journalists

      WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources.
      WASHINGTON — Facing questions about the Justice Department's secret seizure of reporters' phone records, the White House says that it will renew its push for legislation that would offer federal protections to journalists and their sources....

      Tags: Arbitration, Politics, Journalism, Executive Branch, White House

      3. Mar 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    3. Cyber security run amok

      Congress passed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the early days of the Internet to crack down on malicious hackers, but federal prosecutors have stretched the law since then to apply to computer users who merely violated a website's terms of service. Now, the House Judiciary Committee is circulating a proposed <a href="http://lat.ms/14w2UAF">update</a> of the act that, instead of fixing its flaws, would enable prosecutors to threaten alleged violators with dramatically bigger penalties. That's a dangerous step that lawmakers shouldn't even consider in light of the well-documented misuses of the law.
      Congress passed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the early days of the Internet to crack down on malicious hackers, but federal prosecutors have stretched the law since then to apply to computer users who merely violated a website's terms of service....

      Tags: Politics, Prisons, Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice

      4. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    4. U.S. House watchdogs want explanation of Aaron Swartz prosecution

      Two of Congress' top watchdogs have asked the Justice Department to explain its prosecution of Aaron Swartz, a popular hacktivist who committed suicide Jan. 11.
      This post has been updated and corrected. See the note below for details.
      Two of Congress' top watchdogs have asked the Justice Department to explain its prosecution of Aaron Swartz, a popular hacktivist who committed suicide Jan. 11. Swartz, 26, was facing the possibility of years in prison for downloading millions of...

      Tags: Reddit Inc., FBI, Elijah E. Cummings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Los Angeles Times

      5. Feb 6, 2013 |Column| Los Angeles Times

    5. Congress' horse-and-buggy computer laws

      As martyrs go, Aaron Swartz was an extraordinary example of the breed. A computer programming genius, he had helped develop the social networking site Reddit and became known as a leading advocate for easy and free information sharing on the Web. When...

      Tags: Politics, Prisons, Employment Opportunities, Suicide, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks

      6. Feb 5, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    6. Aaron Swartz's suicide continues to ripple through Congress

      Aaron Swartz may change the Internet yet again, even in death, with the help of lawmakers who have expressed a fondness for breaking the law.
      Aaron Swartz may change the Internet yet again, even in death, with the help of lawmakers who have expressed a fondness for breaking the law. At a Washington, D.C., memorial Monday night, members of Congress and loved ones gathered to remember Swartz,...

      Tags: Los Angeles Times, Aaron Swartz, Alan Turing, Darrell E Issa, Ron Wyden

      7. Jan 26, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    7. 'Anonymous' hacks government site to protest hacktivist's death

      A collective of hackers known as Anonymous commandeered a Department of Justice website Saturday to protest what it called the harsh treatment by government prosecutors of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide this month.
      A collective of hackers known as Anonymous commandeered a Department of Justice website Saturday to protest what it called the harsh treatment by government prosecutors of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, who committed suicide this month. The hackers...

      Tags: Reddit Inc., FBI, Anonymous (internet groups), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Aaron Swartz

      8. Jan 29, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    8. House group accelerates work on immigration bill

      <span class="runtimeTopic">WASHINGTON</span> &ndash; A secretive group of House members from both parties is racing to complete an immigration bill in the next two weeks with an eye toward introducing legislation before President Obama&rsquo;s State of the Union address on Feb. 12, said two congressional aides who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the negotiations.
      WASHINGTON – A secretive group of House members from both parties is racing to complete an immigration bill in the next two weeks with an eye toward introducing legislation before President Obama’s State of the Union address on Feb. 12, said...

      Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Sam Johnson, Mario Diaz-Balart, Barack Obama

      9. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    9. Lofgren floats 'Aaron's law' on Reddit after Aaron Swartz's death

      SAN FRANCISCO -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/16njr9/im_rep_zoe_lofgren_im_introducing_aarons_law_to/">posted</a> a draft bill to social news website Reddit that would change a controversial computer hacking law used to prosecute Internet activist Aaron Swartz.
      SAN FRANCISCO -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) posted a draft bill to social news website Reddit that would change a controversial computer hacking law used to prosecute Internet activist Aaron Swartz. Swartz, a Reddit co-founder, was found dead Friday in...

      Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Crime

      10. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    10. One bit of Aaron Swartz's legacy: Fixing a bad law?

      As predicted, the suicide of <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-aaron-swartz-internet-property-rights-20130114,0,7249904.story">Aaron Swartz</a>, the widely admired hacktivist who helped create RSS and Reddit, has provoked at least one lawmaker to seek changes in the <a href="http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030">Computer Fraud and Abuse Act</a>, or CFAA -- the law that federal prosecutors were using to try to send Swartz to prison.
      As predicted, the suicide of Aaron Swartz, the widely admired hacktivist who helped create RSS and Reddit, has provoked at least one lawmaker to seek changes in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or CFAA -- the law that federal prosecutors were using to...

      Tags: Justice System, Suicide, Security, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice

      11. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    11. The pushback against Aaron Swartz misses the point

      Aaron Swartz may be a galvanizing figure for Internet activists, but his exploits didn't exactly make him popular among copyright holders. In fact, the tributes to Swartz, who committed suicide last week while awaiting trial on computer fraud charges, have started drawing blowback from the defenders of strong copyrights, who argue that Swartz's efforts to "liberate" documents locked behind paywalls was nothing more than theft.
      Aaron Swartz may be a galvanizing figure for Internet activists, but his exploits didn't exactly make him popular among copyright holders. In fact, the tributes to Swartz, who committed suicide last week while awaiting trial on computer fraud charges,...

      Tags: Justice System, Media Industry, Prosecution, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Crime, Law and Justice

      12. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

    12. Aaron Swartz suicide has U.S. lawmakers scrutinizing prosecutors

      Congressional criticism is mounting against U.S. prosecutors for pursuing prison time for a popular hacker in a case that's morphed into a posthumous cause celebre.
      Congressional criticism is mounting against U.S. prosecutors for pursuing prison time for a popular hacker in a case that's morphed into a posthumous cause celebre. Aaron Swartz, 26, a cofounder of Reddit and an open-Internet advocate, committed suicide...

      Tags: FBI, Freedom of Information Act, Eric Holder, Prisons, Suicide

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