FISA: Reform
Senators Express Concern on 702 Interpretation
Lauren Bateman Sun, Jul 27, 2014, 3:43 PM
Ellen Nakashima at the Washington Post reports that four U.S.
Lauren Bateman is a student at Harvard Law School, where she is an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She previously worked as a National Security Legislative Correspondent for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and she takes a special interest in legislative procedure. She also interned for the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Nevada, and was a Research Fellow for the Project on National Security Reform. She graduated with a B.A., magna cum laude, in History and Government from The College of William & Mary in 2009.
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Miscellaneous
Foreign Purchases of U.S. Businesses, Presidential Power, and National Security: Ralls Corp. v. CFIUS
Lauren Bateman Fri, Apr 11, 2014, 11:00 AM
When then-Representative Barney Frank contemplated the ability of foreign interests to acquire American companies at the expense of national security, he made the following statement:
There is no right to buy. You do not have to file [with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), but by not filing, you do not immunize yourself from a finding that the transaction could be canceled on security grounds.
But Representative Frank's interpretation
FISA: Reform
On The Recent FISC Preservation Rulings
Lauren Bateman Thu, Apr 10, 2014, 5:00 PM
When last we checked in on the metadata preservation saga, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court had authorized the government---in contravention of its prior order---to retain metadata beyond the FISA-imposed five year limit in order to account for evidence preservation issues being litigated by civil plaintiffs in sui
FISA
New FISC Order On Retention of Metadata
Lauren Bateman Wed, Mar 12, 2014, 9:11 PM
On Monday, we reported on the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California, which prohibited the government from destroying telephone metadata collected by the NSA, pursuant to Section 215 of the Patriot Act. The idea was to preserve the metadata, as evidence for potential use in pending civil suits against the government.
Surveillance
District Court in California Contradicts FISC, Orders Government to Preserve Metadata
Lauren Bateman Mon, Mar 10, 2014, 10:37 PM
Earlier today, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the government from destroying call record metadata in the 215 program.
FISA: 215 Collection
FISC Rejects Government's Request to Retain Metadata Beyond Five Years
Lauren Bateman Sat, Mar 8, 2014, 2:40 PM
FISC Presiding Judge Reggie B. Walton yesterday rejected the government's request to retain telephony metadata beyond five years.
On January 3, 2014, the FISC approved the government's request to collect telephony metadata from certain telecommunications carriers.
Jus ad Bellum/UN Charter/Sovereignty
The Crimean Crisis: Commentary on International Law Ramifications
Lauren Bateman Mon, Mar 3, 2014, 2:34 PM
As a service to Lawfare readers, we have compiled some other web commentary on the legal aspects of the crisis in Crimea.