HSPD-12 Update

Appeals court stops some NASA HSPD-12 background checks, FCW.COM

“As project scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover Mission, William Banerdt is one of the top scientists at the California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where he has worked for 24 years. He’s also a plaintiff with 27 of his JPL colleagues in a lawsuit against NASA, which has underwritten the lab since 1959 through a contract with Caltech. In their lawsuit, Banerdt and the other JPL scientists say background Investigations required under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 violate their constitutional right to privacy.”