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District Court in California Contradicts FISC, Orders Government to Preserve Metadata
Earlier today, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting the government from destroying call record metadata in the 215 ... -
NSA Responds to ABA Letter on Attorney-Client Privilege
Last month, the American Bar Association wrote to General Keith Alexander to express concern over press reports that overseas snooping by U.S. allies had intercepted communications by U.S. lawyers and th... -
FISC Rejects Government's Request to Retain Metadata Beyond Five Years
FISC Presiding Judge Reggie B. Walton yesterday rejected the government's request to retain telephony metadata beyond five years. On January 3, 2014, the FISC approved the government's request to collec... -
Snowden Testimony Before the European Parliament
Apparently Edward Snowden has given this testimony, remotely of course, before the European Parliament. It opens as follows: I would like to thank the European Parliament for the invitation to provide te... -
Susan Landau on Making Sense of Snowden, Part II
Susan Landau has a follow-up to her earlier piece on the significance of Snowden’s revelations. This piece focuses on “collection of stored meta-data, surveillance of communications content, and secur... -
So How Do We Feel About These (Almost) All-Seeing Cameras?
This question occurred to me last week, after I served as an alternate juror in a criminal trial here in D.C. Two men were charged with, and---after two days’ worth of evidence---found guilty of robbing ... -
International Court of Justice Bans Australian Spying on East Timor and its Lawyers
Speaking of Australian spying on its regional neighbors and its lawyers, which we were the other day, the International Court of Justice has handed down a decision in a dispute between Australia and East... -
CRS Report on Whether Congress Can Compel Disclosure of FISA Opinions
Over at Secrecy News, the estimable Steve Aftergood writes: Could Congress legally compel the executive branch to disclose classified opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court? Maybe not, ... -
Federalist Society Event on "The NSA, Security, Privacy, and Intelligence"
From last Monday, here is video of the Federalist Society's event, "The NSA, Security, Privacy, and Intelligence." Panel I: Foreign Intelligence Collection and the FISA Court Mr. Harley Geiger, Senior... -
The Debate About the NSA Is Over
Well, not really. But you know that a trend is going against the NSA when the American Bar Association offers a course entitled, "The Ethical Implications of NSA Surveillance." According to the the ABA... -
Of Relevance and Reform Under Section 215
Lawyers love a good fight on definitions, and debate about the § 215 metadata program has raged on the meaning of the statutory language, “relevant to an authorized investigation.” Critics link complian... -
Klayman v. Obama: Government Moves for More Time, Appellees Oppose
District court proceedings in Klayman v. Obama ended with a bang back in December, with D.C. District Court Judge Richard Leon ruling that bulk metadata collection under Section 215 of the Patriot Act is...
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