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Is Data Inspection Unconstitutional?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Lina Maini

(Reprint of a Feb, 2011 article to which we had expected answers to the FOIL request we’d submitted to the TSA.   To date, we have not received a response so this article is being reposted to increase privacy awareness for travelers.) Well, this is a new one on me but my cell phone was recently confiscated [...]

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Thanks, Irene! New Post Will Be Up Shortly!

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Lina Maini

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The ICE-man cometh…

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Lina Maini

Ever have that pesky question in the back of your head, “Am I in this country legally?”  I don’t wonder at all in that I was forever teased as “The American” growing up; the last of 7 siblings, the only one born here.  Then again, I do have my actual birth certificate, Social Security card, driver’s [...]

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Asset Searches – How Far is Far Enough?

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Lina Maini

Generally, an asset search investigation is requested to determine a subject’s tangible assets (or, quite often, to satisfy the court that there are no other recoverable assets beyond policy limits, albeit the injuries sustained may be valued at a much higher award). Balancing the public’s privacy with informational needs is challenging but ultimately, very doable. A basic checklist [...]

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The FBI – Behind the Dark Suits, N-Dex

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Lina Maini

There are approximately 18,000 law enforcement agencies across the United States – local, state, tribal, and federal— generally working independently,  each gathering clues, conducting interviews, solving crimes, and generating reports and information. Within their jurisdictions. So the 2011 question is: in an age supporting a very mobile and transient number of people, obviously crime will [...]

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Safest Seat/Cabin On A Train, Plane Or Cruise Ship

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Lina Maini

In sticking with the summer vacation season,  we’ve rounded up statistics regarding travel safety. The safest seat on a: Railroad Passenger Train:  Is any one outside of the train.  Seriously, a car or two ahead of the rear car.  According to the U.S. government’s transportation accident review authority, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), a  majority  of passenger [...]

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