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Implications of the EU's Data Retention Ruling
Yesterday, the EU’s highest court issued a major judgment that effectively invalidates a significant portion of the UK’s recently-passed Investigatory Powers Act (aka the “Snooper’s Charter”). The Europ... -
Surveillance Policy in a Trump Administration
Last week, co-authors Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, and I released a Center for a New American Security report on the future of surveillance policy. The full report is available here; video of the... -
HPSCI Releases Full Snowden Report
The House Intelligence Committee has made public its full 36-page report on Edward Snowden, which was previously classified. The Committee approved the report in September and previously released an unc... -
Near-Death of the PCLOB
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is a 5-member board tasked with overseeing some aspects of privacy and civil liberties compliance by the Intelligence Community. The former Chairm... -
Surveillance’s Future: A Pragmatic Take from the Center for a New American Security
The 2016 election has sharpened debate around the reauthorization of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which will sunset in 2017. A new report by the Center for a New American Security (CNA... -
Why the 9th Circuit Was Right in Mohamed Mohamud, and a Startling Thing It May Have Gotten Wrong
Earlier this week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited opinion in U.S. v. -
Why Ghosts in the Machine Should Remain Ghosts
Walter Haydock recently posted a proposal that the FBI build and deploy its own troll army, social media bots that he refers to as Artificial Intelligence Targeting Personas (AITPs). These would automati... -
Rule 41: Resolving Procedural Debates to Face the Tough Questions on Government Hacking
As of midnight last night changes to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure took effect. Opponents of the rule change failed in a last ditch effort in the Senate to block the change. -
Exceptional Access in a Trump Administration
It didn’t take long after Trump’s unexpected election as the 45th president of the United States for the encryption debate to reemerge. -
Protecting the Republic: Securing Communications is More Important than Ever
For some time I have argued that encryption is a security versus security issue. Given our reliance on cyber, that is, our increasing intertwining of the physical world with network controls, I continue ... -
Manhattan DA's Office Releases Updated Report on Encryption
The Manhattan District Attorney's Office has released a new version of its white paper on "Smartphone Encryption and Public Safety." The report updates the Office's November 2015 white paper on encryptio... -
Cybersecurity Recommendations for the Next Administration: Keep Cybersecurity Front and Center
As I prepared this week to address the more than 3,000 customers, stakeholders and other interested parties at our annual FOCUS conference—Intel Security’s annual cybersecurity conference—I thought a lot...
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