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Document: Privacy Oversight Board Report on Signals Intelligence Policy

Mikhaila Fogel   Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 4:50 PM

In response to a Freedom of Information Act request from New York Times reporter Charlie Savage, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) has declassified its implementation report on Presidential Policy Directive 28: Signals Intelligence Activities (PPD-28). PPD-28 was signed by President Obama in January of 2014 and provides principles guiding “why, whether, when, and how the United States conducts signals intelligence activities.” The report was sent to Congress in early 2017.

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Documents: Statement of Offense and Plea Agreement for James Wolfe

Matthew Kahn   Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 9:39 AM

In June, a grand jury in the District of Columbia indicted former Senate intelligence committee security director James Wolfe on three counts of making false statements to federal investigators. On Monday, Wolfe assented to a plea agreement with the Justice Department, pleading guilty to one of those counts.

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Document: Chinese Intelligence Officer Indicted and Extradited to U.S. for Spying on Aviation Companies

Anushka Limaye   Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 4:24 PM
The Justice Department has unsealed an indictment against Yanjun Xu, a Chinese intelligence officer, on four counts of conspiring and attempting to commit economic espionage and to steal trade secrets from U.S. aviation and aerospace companies. Xu was arrested in Belgium on April 1 and was extradited to the United States yesterday.
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Document: Seven GRU Officers Indicted for Hacking and Disinformation Operations

Mikhaila Fogel   Thu, Oct 4, 2018, 10:14 AM

On Thursday, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment of seven officers in the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, on charges of computer hacking, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering. The charges concern a disinformation operation against international anti-doping agencies in the wake of news reports on the Russian government’s systematic doping of the country’s athletes.

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Document: Trump Administration Seeks Emergency Stay of Order to Produce Privilege Log in Transgender Servicemember Ban Litigation

Matthew Kahn   Mon, Sep 17, 2018, 5:39 PM

On Monday, the Trump administration applied to the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a district court order in litigation related to the transgender servicemember ban. A district court ordered the government to produce a log of evidence it believes is subject to presidential communications privilege. The government argues that a 2004 case should protect the government from doing so. The full application is below.

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Document: Andrew Miller Brief Challenging Special Counsel's Authority

Mikhaila Fogel   Wed, Sep 12, 2018, 8:52 AM

Roger Stone associate Andrew Miller has filed his brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit challenging Special Counsel Robert Mueller's authority to subpoena him. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a contempt order against Miller in August 2018 for his refusal to comply with the subpoena, which Miller is now appealing. The brief is available in full below.

Andrew Miller Brief Challenging Special Counsel's Authority

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