FISA
ODNI Releases Procedures Governing Foreign Intelligence Collection
Tia Sewell Fri, Sep 4, 2020, 5:00 PM
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released
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Surveillance
A Proposed Response to the Commercial Surveillance Emergency
Siena Anstis, Ronald J. Deibert, John Scott-Railton Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 8:00 AM
The body of Jamal Khashoggi has yet to be found, and the case of his murder is littered with unanswered questions. There are a number of certainties about the gruesome crime, however, backed up by evidence, including that some of his most private communications were monitored by Saudi intelligence.
China
China's New Counter-Terrorism Law
Paul Rosenzweig Tue, Dec 29, 2015, 1:43 PM
Just in time for the new year, China has passed its new counter-terrorism law. Here (HT: Adam Segal) is a partial English translation of it. What strikes me most clearly in the text is the (purposeful??) echos of American counter-terrorism law and structure. One note: Some news reports suggest that the law will require tech companies to create backdoors.
international surveillance
The Triumph of the UK Surveillance State
Nicholas Weaver Thu, Nov 5, 2015, 10:32 AM
The United Kingdom is a surveillance state, one far beyond the world envisioned by George Orwell. Between the GCHQ's efforts to bulk-record Internet traffic at the UK's borders, the modern data collected and accessible to law enforcement, and the panopticon of cameras, UK citizens are already living in Orwell's nightmare.