Jennifer Lynch

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DHS Agrees To Outside Study On Cancer Risks Of Airport Body Scanners

Aliya Sternstein | Nextgov | December 14, 2012

The Transportation Security Administration has tapped the National Academy of Sciences to probe the health risks of body scans to passengers and pilots after years of pressure from civil liberties groups and Congress. The study is limited to radiation and safety testing, and will not examine the privacy implications of the X-ray machines, according to a new contracting notice. Read More »

EFF Sues FBI For Access To Facial-Recognition Records

Press Release | Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) | June 26, 2013

As the FBI is rushing to build a "bigger, faster and better" biometrics database, it's also dragging its feet in releasing information related to the program's impact on the American public. Read More »

The Border Patrol Wants To Arm Drones

Philip Bump | The Atlantic Wire | July 2, 2013

Documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation from the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Patrol indicate that the agency is close to finalizing payload standards for its drone aircraft. Among the things the CBP might want to use in its unmanned aircraft: "non-lethal weapons designed to immobilize" targets. Read More »