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The art of surveillance has been practised throughout history. Sun Tzu's The Art of War, for example, written in the fifth century BC, contains a chapter on The Use of Spies where he describes the different ways spies may be used to monitor enemy forces.
The most crucial development that has taken place with the rise of democratic states over the last two to three hundred years is that the focus of state surveillance has shifted from external threats to the monitoring of the state's own population...
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Federal judge revives Islamic charity warrantless wiretapping lawsuit
January 6, 2009
[JURIST] A judge in the US District Court for the Northern District of California [official website] on Monday ruled that a lawsuit brought by an Islamic charity that alleged it was the subject of an illegal wiretap by the National Security Agency (NSA) [official website] may proceed. Judge Vaughn.... [more]
Sudan man charged with aiding ICC war crimes investigation
December 22, 2008
[JURIST] A Sudanese man charged with aiding an International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] investigation of a Darfur [JURIST news archive] war crimes suspect appeared in court Monday. Mohamed Alsary Ibrahim is charged [Reuters report] with working to overthrow the constitutional.... [more]
Maryland man pleads guilty to spying for Saddam-era Iraq
December 22, 2008
[JURIST] An Iraqi national living in Maryland on Sunday pleaded guilty to charges of spying for the Iraqi government [DOJ press release] under Saddam Hussein [JURIST news archive]. Saubhe Jassim Al-Dellemy, a former Baath party [JURIST news archive] member, pleaded guilty to "conspiracy to act as.... [more]
Ex-DOJ lawyer was warrantless wiretapping whistleblower: report
December 15, 2008
[JURIST] Former US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] lawyer Thomas Tamm told Newsweek in an article published Sunday that he blew the whistle on the Bush administration's controversial warrantless domestic surveillance program [JURIST news archive] because "it didn't smell right".... [more]
Congressmen call on Mukasey to explain counterterrorism pardons comments
December 5, 2008
[JURIST] Two US congressman on Thursday sent a letter [text] to US Attorney General Michael Mukasey [official profile; JURIST news archive], calling on him to explain comments he made Wednesday about pardoning US counterterrorism officials for their controversial policies. Mukasey told reporters.... [more]
India PM pushes tougher anti-terrorism measures after Mumbai attacks
November 30, 2008
[JURIST] Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh [official website] on Sunday convened a meeting of all political parties in order to gather national support for a plan to strengthen security in the country after terrorist attacks in country's financial capital of Mumbai [BBC backgrounder] killed.... [more]
Germany parliament passes new anti-terror laws
November 13, 2008
[JURIST] Germany's lower house of parliament [official website] voted Wednesday to approve a new law [materials, in German] which would expand the power of Germany's federal police agency, the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) [official website, in German], to undertake online and telephone surveillance..... [more]
Class-action lawsuit filed over US warrantless surveillance program
September 19, 2008
[JURIST] The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) [advocacy website] on Thursday filed a class action lawsuit [complaint, PDF; EFF press release] seeking injunctive, declaratory and equitable relief from the National Security Agency (NSA) [agency website] warrantless surveillance program [JURIST.... [more]
Brazil intelligence officials suspended following wiretapping allegations
September 2, 2008
[JURIST] Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva [official website, English version] has placed senior officials of the intelligence service Abin [official website, in Portuguese] on suspension pending investigations of a report that its agents wiretapped a variety of high-ranking government.... [more]
Brazil supreme court chief wiretapped by intelligence service: report
August 31, 2008
[JURIST] Brazilian intelligence service Abin [official website, in Portuguese] has pledged to investigate published reports that its agents wiretapped a variety of top Brazilian officials, including Supreme Federal Court [official website] president Gilmar Mendes. Veja [media website], a Brazilian.... [more]
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