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Stern on Ackerman and the Speech and Debate Clause
The other day, Jack posted an excerpt from a Foreign Policy article by Professor Bruce Ackerman, advocating for Senator Wyden to take advantage of the Speech and Debate Clause and disclose classified inf... -
New York Times Edit: "No One Has Questioned the N.S.A.’s Role in Collecting Intelligence Overseas"
The New York Times editorial page is annoyed, though not surprised, that some politicians are trying to exploit the [embassy closure] episode by arguing that it proves the value of the National Security ... -
Encryption Keys and Surveillance
In this post I want to offer some extended thoughts on the question of encryption and its intersection with surveillance on the web. The jumping off point for this discussion is a recent article by Decl... -
Does Judicial Review of National-Security Policies Constrain or Enable the Government?
With the current controversies over the NSA's surveillance programs, I want to return to broader issues about how to think about the role of courts in the national-security area. In this area, governme... -
Bruce Ackerman on Congressional Publication of Classified Information and the Speech and Debate Clause
Bruce Ackerman has a piece in the FP arguing that Senator Wyden, who has been disappointed in the quantity and quality of Executive branch disclosures related to surveillance, should “let Americans know ... -
Getting XKeyscore Right
For those who are interested in the details of the latest revelations about the NSA XKeyscore program, including some of the essential details that are elided in some of the public coverage, I was pointe... -
Two Things I Don’t Understand
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Transparency and Surveillance
Tim Edgar has a unique perspective on national security surveillance. He's an ACLU lawyer who went to work for the White House and did intelligence law from the inside. Now he is out again (at Brown) a... -
NSA Director General Keith Alexander Speaks at the Black Hat Conference
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FISC Order Authorizing the Collection of Telephone Metadata & Reports to Congress on Bulk Collection Program
Here's the "Primary Collection Order" authorizing the collection of telephone metadata, signed by FISC Judge Roger Vinson (signed April 25 and expiring on July 19th, 2013), declassified. Also declassifi... -
Today's Senate Judiciary Hearing on the FISA Surveillance Programs
A big hearing is taking place this morning at 9am before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Media report that the Verizon order will be declassified at this hearing. Catch it live at the -
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