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PCLOB 702 Hearing Video
Here is the video for the PCLOB's day-long hearing yesterday on Section 702 surveillance. For some reason, they are not embeddable (Memo to CSPAN: grrrrrrr). But here they are: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary ... in Russia
By now, readers of newspapers in the United States are versed---at least generally---in the Crimean situation: arguments regarding the Crimea referendum’s legality, the advance of Russian troops onto Cr... -
PCLOB Hearing on 702 Programs
The Privacy an Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been holding a Public Hearing on the 702 program since 8.45am this morning. Witnesses (and links to written testimony) are listed below: Panel I: Gover... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Malaysian government has turned to the United States for help in solving the mystery of missing flight MH370. The New York Times reports that Malaysia has asked the F.B.I. to help recover data from a... -
Why Would Anyone Want to Tap Angela Merkel's Phone?
From the New York Times a few days ago: "Since the first Russian forces infiltrated Crimea on Feb. 28, Ms. Merkel, 59, has spoken to Mr. Putin, 61, at least four times on the phone, her spokesman says." ... -
Legal Limits on the Transfer of Control to ICANN
As I wrote earlier this week, the big news recently in cyberspace was the announcement by the Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, that it planned to effect... -
Turning Off Transponders -- Aviation Security and MH370
In an earlier post regarding MH370, I wondered why it was that transponders on airplanes were still capable of being turned off. I feel rather justified to realize that I’m not the only one asking the q... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #11: An Interview with Dan Novack
This week’s podcast covers the latest on NSA. We mock EFF overriding one of the privacy protections in NSA’s metadata program by killing the 5-year retention limit. We puzzle over the New York Times st... -
LOAC and the Crimea
A disturbing news item: it appears that Russian soldiers have killed at least one Ukrainian soldier at a Ukrainian military base in the Crimea, possibly heralding a violent resolution to the tense armed... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In breaking news, Barton Gellman and Ashkan Soltani of the Washington Post report that the NSA uses a tool that records every single telephone conversation in a foreign country and stores it for thirty d... -
A Modest Proposal for NSA
I had an idea the other day---a way for NSA to serve the national interest, do good for humanity, and improve its public image all at once. Drum roll, please! NSA should get into the business of publishi... -
John Villasenor on "Preventing Technology-Facilitated Exploitation of Children"
My Brookings colleague John Villasenor, who is also an engineering professor at UCLA, writes in with the following: Last summer, the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children and Thomson Reut...
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