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Balancing Privacy and Security in Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump might yet manage to meet in Washington this week despite winter storm Stella, which hobbled the capital and postponed Tuesday’s scheduled s... -
Flynn, FISA, and FARA: On Foreign Principals and Agents of Foreign Powers
Yesterday, news broke that former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn had been paid $530,000 for his work lobbying for a Turkish firm with connections to that country’s government during the presiden... -
Ten More Questions for President Trump
Yesterday, I posed ten questions for President Trump in response to his bizarre Twitter temper tantrum accusing his predecessor of wiretapping Trump Tower in the days before the election. -
Ten Questions for President Trump
This morning, the country awoke to a bizarre tweetstorm from the President of the United States, about which I have ten questions. First off, here's what Trump tweeted: Donald Trump's Morning Tweet Sto... -
Video: House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Section 702
This morning, the House Judiciary Committee is hearing testimony on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The hearing will consist of testimony from two panels of witnesses, one close... -
Today's Section 702 Hearing: Prepared Testimony and Ideas for Reform
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing today starting at 10am on the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Earlier in 2016, Lawfare, in conjunction with the Hoov... -
Why Electronic Surveillance Reform is Necessary
Editor's Note: A full version of this paper, complete with citations, can be found here. *** -
Closing Section 702 “Backdoor Search Loophole” Also Means Companion Reforms to Use Restrictions
With FISA Section 702 set to expire at the end of the year, Congress will soon move to a debate over reform and reauthorization for the first time since the Snowden revelations. Undoubtedly, one high-pro... -
The Treatment of Flynn’s Phone Calls Complies with FISA Minimization Procedures
Just a quick note to clear up any lingering uncertainty after this morning’s Wall Street Journal editorial, "Eavesdropping on Michael Flynn," which asks whether “the spooks listening to Mr. -
What the “Interior Security” Executive Order does to Foreigners’ Privacy Rights
Last week, Adam Klein and Carrie Cordero persuasively argued against a broad reading of the Privacy Act language in the Executive Order on “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.” ... -
An Easy Win: Replenishing the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)
With this week’s White House announcement of an intent to nominate additional leadership officials at the Department of Justice, one of whom is current Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)... -
The US-EU Privacy Shield -- Maybe Yes, Maybe No
The problem with President Trump is that he moves so quickly from quixotic disaster to quixotic disaster that we can lose track of what is happening. Problems flare up in an instant only be overtaken by...
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