Recently I participated in a fascinating conference at Georgia Tech entitled “Surveillance, Privacy, and Data Across Borders: Trans-Atlantic Perspectives.” A range of experts grappled with the international aspects of an increasingly pressing question: how can we ensure that law enforcement is able to obtain enough information to do its job in the twenty-first century, while also ensuring that digital security and human rights are protected?

A summary of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit's ruling in Wikimedia v. NSA.

A summary of David Kris's new paper for the National Constitution Center's May 10 event on "Digital Privacy in the 21st Century."

ODNI's transparency report contains loads of interesting information. In this post, I'd like to draw attention to the statistics on use of the FISA Business Records authority, 50 USC 1861.