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Assistant Attorney General for National Security Matt Olsen called for the reauthorization of foreign surveillance policy, that is, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (…

The Federalist Society hosted a virtual event on data privacy in relation to abortion access. A panel of legal practitioners and scholars debated the seriousness of the government potentiall…

Panelists debated law enforcement access to secured customer data. They focused on the 2016 Apple-FBI encryption dispute over whether technology companies should be required to help the gove…

Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff talked about the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) which allows citizens of certain countries to travel to the U.S. for up to 90 days without a vi…

Former National Security Agency (NSA) General Counsel Stewart Baker and open Internet advocates talked about the impact of NSA surveillance programs on U.S. commercial interests and global c…

Witnesses testified on a House-passed bill reigns in National Security Agency’s (NSA) metadata surveillance programs conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Senator…

Top intelligence officials defended the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance program, saying spying on foreign leaders was fundamental to intelligence gathering. Their testimony cam…

Former officials testified about challenges to homeland security and department operations in the ten years since the Department of Homeland Security was created. Among the topics they addre…

Deputy heads from the FBI, National Security Agency, (NSA) and Justice Department testified on the Obama administration’s use of the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to gather in…

The House Judiciary Committee held an unclassified hearing on the Obama administration’s use of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) revealed by former National Security Agency (NSA)…

Witnesses testified on Justice Department and FBI resources and strategy against advanced cyber threats, and ways the federal government could work with local and state officials and the pri…

Co-editor Harvey Rishikof and four other contributors to the book, Patriots Debate, talked about cyberwarfare and the future of military detention programs. Patriots Debate is an American Ba…

Witnesses testified about airport security and body imaging technology, as well as the effectiveness, health risks and privacy concerns with using body imaging technology in airports. During…

Stewart Baker talked about concerns of al-Qaeda attacking the U.S. over the holidays, and the ability of the U.S. to prevent a foreign or domestic terrorist attack. He responded to telephone…

Witnesses testified about the implementation and enforcement of the REAL ID and the PASS ID Acts. The acts created minimum federal standards for identification cards as well as an interconne…

Stewart Baker, Former Assistant Homeland Security Secretary, talked about the Transportation Security Agency’s edited version of their procedure manual online. He talks about what informatio…

Panel two of the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference addressed security and privacy in relation to developing technologies. Topics included cyberterrorism, the motivations of terroris…

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing titled, “Cyber Security: Developing a National Strategy.” Witnesses talked about threats to defense and non-def…

In the third of several panels of a day-long event titled, “Counterterroism and the Obama Administration,” participants spoke about surveillance and intelligence. Among the topics they addre…

Stewart Baker and Representative Jim Langevin talked about debate at the White House, in Congress, and in security agencies over protecting the nation’s computer-based infrastructure. The Wh…