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David Kris: “On the Bulk Collection of Tangible Things” (Lawfare Research Paper Series)
My fellow Americans, we have achieved a major victory in the War on Law Reviews. I’m thrilled to announce the next paper in Lawfare Research Paper Series: David Kris’s “On the Bulk Collection of Tangible... -
September 26 Senate Committee Hearing on FISA: Witness Testimony
Below you'll find links to all the prepared testimony associated with today's open hearing, a rarity, before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: Panel I (joint statement) Director of National... -
The NSA Crypto Back Door(?)
By now, most readers will have heard of the New York Times story, alleging (based on disclosures from Edward Snowden) that the NSA has surreptitiously degraded a critical cryptography standard adopted by... -
"Just Security" Launch Event Webcast
The official launch event for the new site Just Security is taking place at this hour with an event entitled, "When Reporting is a Crime: National Security and the Press After Snowden and Sterling." The ... -
An Alternative to Rep. Schiff's Proposal for a FISA Special Advocate
On September 20th, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, proposed legislation that would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ... -
Constitution Day Event at Georgetown on Surveillance Law
I was honored to moderate a panel at Georgetown Law on Constitution Day, entitled "A Constitutional Conversation: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in a Digital Era." The panel, composed of Geor... -
Former FBI Agent to Plead Guilty in AP Leaks Case
That's the sum and substance of this Washington Post piece, which begins: A former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a contractor for the Bureau has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing national de... -
Baker on Cybersecurity Post-Snowden
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Alexander and Inglis Letter to the “NSA/CSS Family,” and the USG's Unconscionably Weak Defense of NSA
Kevin Gosztola at Firedoglake has a copy of a two-page letter from NSA Director Gen. -
West LegalEdcenter Webcast: "The NSA Disclosures: What Do We Really Know Now?"
We are doing an experiment on Thursday with the West LegalEdcenter: A lunchtime educational webcast entitled: "The NSA Disclosures: What Do We Really Know Now?" In our readership survey earlier this yea... -
Oral Argument Preview: The Bagram Habeas Petitions
The question before a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit Tuesday morning: can a group of detainees held by the United States at Bagram airfield, in Afghanistan, challenge their detentions by petitioni... -
The Latest NSA Documents VI: Non-Compliance Redux, With More DOJ
Next came a period of relative calm, and somewhat less wrist-slappy FISC-NSA dynamics. The respite nevertheless was short-lived, judging by the final three documents in this week’s trove of declassified...
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