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(Worthy News) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Saudi Arabia’s bid to dismiss lawsuits claiming that it helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and should pay billions of dollars in damages to victims.

U.S. District Judge George Daniels in Manhattan said the plaintiffs’ allegations “narrowly articulate a reasonable basis” for him to assert jurisdiction over Saudi Arabia under the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), a 2016 federal law.

The Saudi government has long denied involvement in the attacks in which hijacked airplanes crashed into New York’s World Trade Center, the Pentagon outside Washington, D.C., and a Pennsylvania field. Nearly 3,000 people died. [ Source: Reuters (Read More…) ]

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(Worthy News) – Two Department of Justice officials defended the CLOUD Act, legislation buried in last week’s $1.3 trillion spending bill that could upend both the tech industry and a U.S. Supreme Court case.

Speaking Wednesday afternoon at the International Association of Privacy Professionals Conference in Washington, D.C., Justice Department representatives said the CLOUD Act will make it easier to collect evidence stored electronically in other countries.

The Cloud Act allows U.S. law enforcement at all levels — from local police to federal agents — to force tech companies to turn over user data even if it is stored on servers located outside the United States.

It also gives the executive branch the ability to negotiate one-on-one agreements with foreign governments permitting those nations to access user data stored in the United States. Under a reciprocity agreement, the U.S. could then get the data stored in that country as well. [ Source: Washington Times (Read More…) ]

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