Scientists stand up to government for privacy rights
Wired News
11/27/07
Next week 28 NASA Jet Propulsion Lab scientists (including William Banerdt, a project scientist on the Mars rover program) will fight for their right to privacy in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California. They are fighting against Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) that President Bush issued in August 2004. Policies resulting from the directive requires all federal employees and contractors to ‘voluntarily’ (JPL employees would be terminated immediately for non-compliance) sign a form allowing the government the right to investigate them ‘without limit’ for two years — even if they leave government work during that time...
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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeland+Security
11/27/07
Next week 28 NASA Jet Propulsion Lab scientists (including William Banerdt, a project scientist on the Mars rover program) will fight for their right to privacy in the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California. They are fighting against Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 (HSPD-12) that President Bush issued in August 2004. Policies resulting from the directive requires all federal employees and contractors to ‘voluntarily’ (JPL employees would be terminated immediately for non-compliance) sign a form allowing the government the right to investigate them ‘without limit’ for two years — even if they leave government work during that time...
http://tinyurl.com/24tzjt
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Homeland+Security
rudkla - 30. Nov, 11:07
