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The EU’s White Paper on AI: A Thoughtful and Balanced Way Forward
The proposed framework represents a sensible and thoughtful basis to guide the EU’s consideration of legislation to help direct the development of AI applications. -
If We Build It (They Will Break In)
As the debate over law enforcement access to encrypted communications continues, commentators and policymakers often overlook an instructive historical example. -
Summary: The House Judiciary Committee’s Proposed Changes to FISA
On Monday, Feb. 24, the House Judiciary Committee introduced legislation that would amend and reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). -
The Political Landscape of FISA Reauthorization
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives will mark up legislation to reauthorize and reform key provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which will otherwise expire on March 15. -
Congress, Not the Attorney General, Should Decide the Future of Encryption
If Congress wants to restrict end-to-end encryption, it should do so directly and not, as in the EARN IT Act, pass the buck to someone else. -
The EARN IT Act Raises Good Questions About End-to-End Encryption
Critics are right that the draft legislation from Sens. Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal could affect the deployment of end-to-end encryption. But the bill makes sense as social policy. -
FISC Declassifies Order About Carter Page FISA Applications
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David Kris Submits Amicus Letter Brief to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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Thoughts on the Horowitz Report, Part III: The FISA Findings
The inspector general’s findings on the Carter Page FISA applications are actually worse than the president’s defenders understand—precisely because Michael Horowitz did not find any kind of political co... -
FBI Responds to FISA Court Order Regarding Inspector General Report
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The Second Circuit Rules in United States v. Hasbajrami
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit found that incidental collection of U.S. persons’ communications under Section 702 does not violate the Fourth Amendment, but raised constitutional questi... -
Thoughts on the Horowitz Report, Part II: What the Inspector General Did Not Find
The investigation may have taken steps that the inspector general thinks unwise, thinks should have been forbidden by policy, and thinks should have required more Justice Department consultation. But it ...


