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STOCK Act Threatens Safety and Privacy Not Only of National Security Officials but of All Senior Federal Executives and Their Families
Here’s a challenge: Can either President Obama or any member of Congress explain why it makes good sense to require 28,000 senior executive officials to post their financial disclosure forms (containing... -
A STOCK Act Anecdote
In a series of posts (here, here, and here) fellow Lawfare blogger John Bellinger has written about the difficulties with the STOCK Act -- what the Washington Post calls a "Laughing Stock." Readers will... -
Julian Sanchez on the Origins of the FISA Amendments Act
I have refrained so far from commenting on this fascinating article by Cato’s Julian Sanchez---to which Raffaela linked yesterday---which outlines a new theory as to how the crisis developed in 2007 that... -
IACP Approves UAV Guidelines
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Governing Body this week approved Recommended Guidelines for the Use of Unmanned Aircraft (downloadable here) by American law enforcement agencies... -
Carrie Cordero on the Lone Shooter
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following ruminations concerning lone wolf terrorist offenders: No one real... -
NYPD Domain Awareness and Privacy
I've been away on business travel this past week and am headed off on vacation next week so blogging for me has been light. But one recent post caught my eye and motivated me to add a quick note: My co... -
The NYPD’s Domain Awareness System: Information Analytics, Privacy, and Combating Security Threats
Yesterday the NYPD unveiled its Domain Awareness System, which aggregates and analyzes existing public safety data streams (including license plate readers and video surveillance camera systems) in real ... -
Ninth Circuit Reverses in al-Haramain on Sovereign Immunity Grounds
A big win for the government today in the Ninth Circuit, in a case exploring the impact of FISA's civil liability provision (50 USC 1810) on sovereign immunity. In a panel opinion written by Judge McKeo... -
Washington Post Editorial on the STOCK Act
The Washington Post has an editorial today -- entitled "Laughing STOCK" in today's print editions -- criticizing the STOCK Act's internet publication mandate for executive branch financial disclosure for... -
Congress Delays Internet Posting Requirement for Executive Branch Financial Disclosure Forms
Last week, I posted about the national security and personal safety threats posed by Section 11 of the STOCK Act, which would have required senior executive branch officials to post their SF-278 financia... -
Cato's Julian Sanchez Responds to Carrie Cordero
Over at the Cato Institute's Cato@Liberty blog, Julian Sanchez responds to the recent guest post by former Justice Department official Carrie Cordero on FISA Amendments Act reauthorization. Writes Sanche... -
Marcy Wheeler Responds to Carrie Cordero
Over at the Emptywheel blog, Ms. Wheel (aka Marcy Wheeler) has this response to former Justice Department official Carrie Cordero's guest post of this morning. She notes that Senator Wyden responded at y...
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