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How Congress Should Evaluate Section 702’s Security Value When Debating Its Reauthorization
We are rapidly approaching the point where Congress must decide the future of Section 702 of FISA, the authority for the PRISM and Upstream warrantless surveillance programs that expires at the end of th... -
What Should Senator Wyden Ask About Section 702 Now?
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats testified last week that he would be unable to provide an estimate of the number of U.S. persons whose information has been incidentally collected under Sectio... -
FISA Court Releases 18 Opinions Regarding Section 702
Pursuant to a FOIA request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the FISA Court has released 18 redacted opinions, each regarding FISA Section 702. The opinions are listed below. -
In Sharing Memos, Comey Did Nothing Wrong as a Former Official and Everything Right as a Whistleblower
The world has waited for Donald Trump’s response to yesterday’s stunning testimony from former FBI Director James Comey. Trump’s uncharacteristic restraint in holding back from tweeting yesterday apparen... -
Recent NSA Leak Arrest: A Few Observations and a Lesson
Reality Leigh Winner, a recently separated Air Force linguist and a new hire by Pluribus International Corporation as a support contractor with a Top Secret clearance, allegedly searched for and printed ... -
Liveblog: Senate Intel Committee's Section 702 Hearing
This morning at 10:00 ET we are liveblogging the Senate Intelligence Committee's hearing on Section 702, the provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act set to sunset at the end of this year. -
Senator Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to Make FISA Section 702 Permanent
Earlier today, Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced legislation to make permanent Section 702 and the other components of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, along with a group of Rep... -
Leaks Aren’t the Real Story, But They Shouldn’t Be Ignored
This morning, CNN reported that Russian government officials discussed having potentially "derogatory" information about then-presidential candidate Donald Trump and some of his top aides in conversati... -
The Fourth Circuit Remands Wikimedia’s Suit Against the NSA Back to District Court
In March of 2015, the Wikimedia foundation joined together with eight other non-profits in a challenge to NSA’s “mass surveillance” program. This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit pe... -
Supreme Court Denies Cert Petition in Jawad
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court denied Mohammed Jawad’s petition for certiorari. -
Deconstructing McMaster
After yesterday’s briefing by National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, it is clear that the Washington Post article about President Trump’s disclosure of classified information to Russian officials was a... -
How Do Leak Investigations Work?
Yesterday, citing unnamed officials, the Washington Post broke the news that President Trump disclosed highly classified intelligence to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador.
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