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DOJ's Inspector General Releases New Review of FBI Use of Section 215 Orders
The Office of the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice has released a new unclassified report reviewing the FBI's use of Section 215 orders from 2007 through 2009. Specifically, the revie... -
The Privacy Paradox: The Privacy Benefits of Privacy Threats
Here’s something a little outside the normal Lawfare fare but which Lawfare readers might find interesting: A new paper we have written about all the privacy benefits we receive from technologies we typi... -
PCLOB's Rachel Brand on Section 215
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board's Rachel Brand penned an opinion piece in today's Christian Science Monitor. It opens: The heated debate in Congress about whether to reauthorize Section ... -
NSA Spying Will Begin Winding Down This Week: Justice Department Memo
Dustin Volz of the National Journal has obtained a memo from the Department of Justice circulated among congressional offices today that says the NSA will need to begin taking steps to wind down the bul... -
Down to the Wire on the Patriot Act
Julian Hattem has a good piece in the Hill on the current state of play in the Senate with respect to expiration of the Patriot Act provisions in less than two weeks: Sen. -
A Sunset of Section 215 Is Increasingly Likely - And May Prompt Overhaul
Senator Richard Burr, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, recently made comments to press suggesting that he believed the sunset for Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act will occur sometim... -
McConnell Introduces 2 Month NSA Extension
Likely you've heard: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) last night introduced a bill that would reauthorize portions of the Patriot Act set to expire on June 1 for two months, giving lawmakers... -
Forty Years After Church-Pike: What’s Different Now?
That is the title of remarks which I will deliver this morning at the National Security Agency, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Church and Pike hearings. My speech begins as follows: You honor me ... -
Forty Years After Church-Pike: What’s Different Now?
That is the title of remarks which I will deliver this morning at the National Security Agency, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Church and Pike hearings. My speech begins as follows: You honor me ... -
Russell Wheeler on the Changing Composition of the FISC
My Brookings colleague Russell Wheeler last month published this article on the changing composition of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on the Brookings FixGov blog. It updates his Lawfare Re... -
So What’s in the New USA Freedom Act, Anyway?
The House has now passed the USA Freedom Act. If you feel the need to hear Mel Gibson shouting “Freeeedom!” in response, well, don’t thank us. We live to serve: -
<em>Clapper</em> and the Costs of Overlooking Use Restrictions
The Second Circuit’s decision in ACLU v. Clapper holding that the section 215 metadata program exceeds statutory authorization has flaws, including this: The ruling focuses on initial collection exclusiv...
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