Latest in Surveillance
The petitioners argue that the First Amendment gives the public the right to access FISC decisions and that redactions should only serve legitimate national security interests.
Highlights from an overview of the NSA’s new document explaining the rules that govern the collection of signals intelligence.
A new report shows the widespread use by law enforcement of tools that circumvent encryption barriers.
On Sept. 4, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released a tranche of documents regarding procedures governing foreign intelligence collection. We summarize those documents here.
Some commentators have suggested that then-FBI Deputy Director Sean Joyce misled Congress in 2013 about the NSA’s metadata program. I am confident that Sean testified to the facts as he understood them—not because I know the facts, but because I know Sean.
An overview of the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in United States v. Moalin.
An overlooked part of United States v. Moalin could have a major impact on surveillance law.
Our research reveals common traits that thwarted municipal efforts to establish local civilian control over law enforcement surveillance.
These procedures show promise as a complement to judicial oversight, but cities could do more to stop vendors from shielding surveillance tools from scrutiny.
We propose a solution to fix the perceived defects in U.S. surveillance law identified recently by the EU’s judicial branch.