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NSA Releases IG Reports on Possibly Illegal Agency Activities
On December 23, the NSA released a set of redacted reports detailing “intelligence activities . . . that [it has] reason to believe may be unlawful or contrary to Executive order or Presidential directiv... -
Did Edward Snowden Call for Abolishing the Intelligence Community?
Forget North Korea. Forget the Islamic State. Forget the Iranian nuclear program. I want to tell you about my exchange with Edward Snowden---and the amazing things he seems to have said in it. The excha... -
In the "No Hope" Category
You can put this lawsuit against Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras and others in the "no hope" category. According to Tech Dirt: Horace B. -
District Court Suppresses Pole Camera Surveillance Footage
Twitter brings news of this interesting little order in United States v. Vargas. The court's opinion was authored by Judge Edward F. Shea and opens: The first duty of government is the safety of its peo... -
The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference
Last Friday, the Cato Institute held an all-day conference to explore the questions raised by the growth of government surveillance, the revelations of NSA activities by Edward Snowden, and how these new... -
DOJ releases six FISC documents on StellarWind
The Department of Justice has released six Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) documents related to the surveillance activities originally initiated by President George W. -
Our Collective Privacy Panic
We are told there is a privacy crisis. The Snowden revelation and other such things have given the sense that we are in a crisis. I think what we have is a privacy panic. What I would call the Snowden... -
Over 700 Million People Taking Steps to Avoid NSA Surveillance
There's a new international survey on Internet security and trust, of "23,376 Internet users in 24 countries," including "Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kon... -
Lawfare Podcast, Episode #103: Mieke Eoyang on FAA Exclusivity
A few weeks ago, Mieke Eoyang wrote and post on Lawfare entitled "A Modest Proposal: FAA Exclusivity for Collection Involving U.S. -
DNI: FISC Reauthorizes Telephony Metadata Collection for 90 Days
Today, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James R. Clapper declassified the fact that the government filed an application with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to extend the Nation... -
NSA Hacking of Cell Phone Networks
The Intercept has published an article---based on the Snowden documents---about AURORAGOLD, an NSA surveillance operation against cell phone network operators and standards bodies worldwide. This is not ... -
Smith v. Obama Oral Argument
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has live-streaming video of this morning's oral argument, in a challenge to the NSA's call records program. The live stream will get underway at ...
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