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Senate Intelligence Committee Draft 702 Reauthorization Bill
Below is the newly released draft bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) that Sen. Richard Burr, chairman of the Senate intelligence committee, reported. The bill would extend t... -
Former National Security Officials Urge Section 702 Reauthorization in Letter to Congress
Today, a group of former national security officials released a letter to key members of Congress urging the reauthorization of Section 702, which will expire on Dec. 31. The full text of the letter is h... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Timothy Edgar on ‘Beyond Snowden’
In his recent book Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillance, and the Struggle to Reform the NSA, civil liberties activist and former intelligence official Timothy Edgar calls for a renewed conversation... -
What Cybersecurity Standard Will a Judge Use in Equifax Breach Suits?
Those affected by data breaches now have increasing opportunities to take their claims to court. Last month, in northern California’s federal district court, Judge Lucy Koh upheld the right of victims to... -
Reform Section 702 to Maintain Fourth Amendment Principles
Lawfare editors Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes recently criticized efforts to reform Section 702 of FISA before it expires at the end of 2017. Based on our own experience with Section 702, we respec... -
The Policy Dimension of Leading in AI
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution is creating new challenges for law, policy, and governance at domestic and international levels. -
European Commission Releases EU-US Privacy Shield Annual Review
The European Commission released its first annual report on the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, the agreement that allows cross-border data transfers of European citizens' personal information to the United Stat... -
FBI Director Christopher Wray Defends FISA Section 702
On Friday, FBI Director Christopher Wray delivered a speech at the Heritage Foundation concerning FISA Section 702. The following is his speech as delivered: -
Decrypting the Going Dark Debate
On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave remarks about encryption at the U.S. Naval Academy. His speech as prepared for delivery can be read here. -
Don't Reform Section 702 Just for the Sake of Reform
Last week on our Foreign Policy feed, we wrote about how the USA Liberty Act, which is the House Judiciary Committee's proposal to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program, takes for granted that... -
The USA Liberty Act: House Judiciary’s Proposed Reauthorization of Section 702
Last week, members of the the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) introduced the “Uniting and Strengthening American Liberty Act of 2017,” known as the “USA Liberty Act.” A discussion draft of the bill had b... -
Livestream: Heritage Hosts Coats, Rogers and Wray on Section 702 Reauthorization
On October 13, the Heritage Foundation will be hosting a live event to discuss the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702. Entitled “Renewal of FISA’s Section 702: Why...
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