IL – Student journalists for Northwestern University’s Medill Innocence Project wore hidden recorders to secretly tape their interviews with witnesses as part of their investigation into an alleged wrongful conviction in the murder of a Harvey security guard, prosecutors told a Cook County judge today…
“I would put the parties on notice that a cell phone wire was used at least once by students with other witnesses,” Stack said.
In Illinois, it is illegal to record anyone without their knowledge or consent — without court authorization. (more)
Steven Soderbergh is an awful busy director, normally banging out at least a film a year. But it’s been a while since he did something blockbuster wise which may now all change.
According to The Heat Vision Blog, the Oscar winning director of
Ocean’s 11 and
Traffic is developing a big screen adaptation of the classic 60s series,
The Man From UNCLE. The show involved lots of espionage and spying, and was co-created by the man behind
James Bond,
Ian Flemming. Apparently Warner Bros. have been trying to get a film version made for about 15 years. (
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I had the experience of seeing Steven Soderbergh and George Clooney work together on a spy theme show. They are great. Hope this project brings them together once more. U.N.C.L.E. was everyone’s favorite.
Guttenberg, NJ – Police officers here were shocked to find a hidden camera in a police station ceiling and officials disclosed last week that it was placed there as part of an internal investigation...
A lawyer representing the Guttenberg Police Benevolent Association said the surveillance is a violation of the privacy of PBA members and the camera is in an area where female prisoners are strip-searched. Police brass say the area is never used for strip-searches.
“It was part of an investigation being done by the Police Department,” Guttenberg Mayor Gerald Drasheff confirmed. The mayor said the probe is ongoing and refused to say any more on the surveillance at police headquarters on Park Avenue. (more) (Guttenberg)
According to Spanish sources, a few months ago Mr. Ignacio Cambrero has discovered a bug in his personal laptop. After it was by Mr. Cambrero, the Spanish Intelligence services determined that the signals sent from the device went to a computer housed at the headquarters of ENTV, the Algerian state television Service.
The Spanish services who proceeded to disable the device, have determined that this kind of chip can only be installed through a physical contact with the computer. This means that Ignacio Cembrero’s computer was implanted with the device during his visit to Algeria or from a contact with an “Algerian official”. (
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Oracle still hasn’t succeeded in dragging SAP’s ex-chief executive into court to testify on what he knew about the subsidiary TomorrowNow’s “industrial espionage.”
On Monday, what Oracle got instead was an apology from the former CEO’s replacement: co-CEO Bill McDermott.
It was another tech-sector captain deflated in the circus of Oracle’s prosecution of its number-one business applications rival over money. (more)
Business espionage is costly. It is costly if you don’t catch it. It is costly if you do catch it and ride the legal hamster wheel. While an apology is gentlemanly, it doesn’t fill the loss.
Tip: Don’t let it happen in the first place. Get your ounce of prevention, here.
