Accessing Telecommunications Data for National Security and Law Enforcement Purposes

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 375-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Rodrick
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security

Systematic Government Access to Private-Sector Data in Israel

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omer Tene
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Competing Interests ◽  
Government Power ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
The One ◽  
Sector Data

Israel is a democracy committed to the protection of human rights while at the same time trying to contain uniquely difficult national security concerns. One area where this tension is manifest is government access to communications data. On the one hand, subscriber privacy is a constitutional right protected by legislation and Supreme Court jurisprudence; on the other hand, communications data are a powerful tool in the hands of national security and law enforcement agencies. This chapter examines Israel’s attempt to balance these competing interests by empowering national security agencies while at the same time creating mechanisms of accountability. In particular, Israel utilizes the special independent status of the attorney general as a check on government power.

scholarly journals Sociocultural aspect of criminal law enforcement in the Russian mentality

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 02009
Author(s):  
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zolotukhin ◽  
Rashit Saitgoraevich Bikmetov ◽  
Vadim Viktorovich Shiller ◽  
Anastasiya Aleksandrovna Tarasenko
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Methodological Basis ◽  
Economic Trends

The aim of the study is a comparative analysis of the socio-cultural aspect of criminal law enforcement in the Russian mentality. The methodological basis was such scientific methods as dialectical, comparative, logical, historical, prognostic, and systems analysis. This allowed, to achieve this goal, to perform a comparative analysis of the works of Russian and foreign legal experts on the examined problem. The result of the study was the conclusion that the effectiveness of law enforcement is due not only to national mentality, but also to the socio-cultural environment both on the part of the law enforcement officer and citizens as participants and/or eyewitnesses of specific legal relations. The authors also emphasize that culture, as well as socio-cultural environment forms stereotypes of legal behavior, depending on the constitutional and legislative consolidation of socio-political and socio-economic trends in the development of society. The novelty of the work lies in the formulation of the problem and its substantiation. This is due to the fact that the authors emphasize that an essential element is the degree of acceptability of value stereotypes in a particular state that allow and/or prohibit certain actions in connection with the possibility of undermining the foundations of national security and public morality.

scholarly journals LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MECHANISM OF ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY

2020 ◽  
pp. 141-166
Author(s):  
Д.А. Липинский ◽  
Н.В. Макарейко
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Complex Entity ◽  
Illegal Acts

Аннотация. Исследование механизма обеспечения национальной безопасности позволило определить внутренние связи юридической ответственности как сложного образования, а также внешние связи с другими применяемыми правоохранительными средствами. Изменение угроз, которые обусловлены как противоправными деяниями, так и ростом числа аномалий с правовым содержанием, требуют перенастройки института юридической ответственности. В действующем законодательстве должен быть заблаговременно закреплен правоохранительный потенциал, позволяющий эффективно противодействовать существующим и потенциальным рискам в сфере национальной безопасности. The study of the mechanism for ensuring nationality made it possible to determine the internal links of legal responsibility as a complex entity, as well as external links with other applied law enforcement means. Changes in threats that are caused by both illegal acts and an increase in the number of anomalies with legal content require reconfiguring the institution of legal responsibili-

scholarly journals Translated Transcripts From Covert Recordings Used for Evidence in Court: Issues of Reliability

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Gilbert ◽  
Georgina Heydon
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
Complex Environment ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Australian State ◽  
Using Data

Nation states increasingly apply electronic surveillance techniques to combat serious and organised crime after broadening and deepening their national security agendas. Covertly obtained recordings from telephone interception and listening devices of conversations related to suspected criminal activity in Languages Other Than English (LOTE) frequently contain jargon and/or code words. Community translators and interpreters are routinely called upon to transcribe intercepted conversations into English for evidentiary purposes. This paper examines the language capabilities of community translators and interpreters undertaking this work for law enforcement agencies in the Australian state of Victoria. Using data collected during the observation of public court trials, this paper presents a detailed analysis of Vietnamese-to-English translated transcripts submitted as evidence by the Prosecution in drug-related criminal cases. The data analysis reveals that translated transcripts presented for use as evidence in drug-related trials contain frequent and significant errors. However, these discrepancies are difficult to detect in the complex environment of a court trial without the expert skills of an independent discourse analyst fluent in both languages involved. As a result, trials tend to proceed without the reliability of the translated transcript being adequately tested.

scholarly journals Development of Profiling Methods for Contraband Firearm Volatile Odor Signatures

2022 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Nettles ◽  
Cameron Ford ◽  
Paola A. Prada-Tiedemann
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security ◽  
Solid Phase ◽  
Headspace Analysis ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Local Law Enforcement ◽  
Mass Shooting ◽  
And Performance

The early detection and location of firearm threats is critical to the success of any law enforcement operation to prevent a mass shooting event or illegal transport of weapons. Prevention tactics such as firearm detection canines have been at the front line of security tools to combat this national security threat. Firearm detection canines go through rigorous training regimens to achieve reliability in the detection of firearms as their target odor source. Currently, there is no scientific foundation as to the chemical odor signature emitted from the actual firearm device that could aid in increased and more efficient canine training and performance protocols or a better understanding of the chemistry of firearm-related odorants for better source identification. This study provides a novel method application of solid phase microextraction-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS) as a rapid system for the evaluation of odor profiles from firearm devices (loaded and unloaded). Samples included magazines (n = 30) and firearms (n = 15) acquired from the local law enforcement shooting range. Headspace analysis depicted five frequently occurring compounds across sample matrices including aldehydes such as nonanal, decanal, octanal and hydrocarbons tetradecane and tridecane. Statistical analysis via principal component analysis (PCA) highlighted a preliminary clustering differentiating unloaded firearms from both loaded/unloaded magazines and loaded firearm devices. These results highlight potential odor signature differences associated with different firearm components. The understanding of key odorants above a firearm will have an impact on national security efforts, thereby enhancing training regimens to better prepare canine teams for current threats in our communities.

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