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In this portion of the Cato Institute’s 2018 Surveillance Conference, panelists discussed the Trump administration and its criticism of the “deep state.” Participants discussed various…

Legal experts talked about legal and constitutional questions about the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs leaked to the press by Edward Snowden. “Legal/Constitutional…

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…

Kate Martin talked about President Obama’s policies on CIA prisoner interrogation methods used during the Bush Administration. She opposes the Bush Administration interrogation tactics and…

The panelists offered suggestions for modernizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to meet current intelligence challenges. Moderator Suzanne Spaulding asked questions. Then…

Participants spoke about recent amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Civil liberties and national security experts spoke about legal and constitutional objections to the…

Democratic members of the House Judiciary Committee held a public meeting at which witnesses testified about the Bush administration’s use of domestic surveillance in efforts to gather…

The panelists talked about the topic of national security secrets in a democracy, including leaks, whistleblowers, and the media. Other topics included classified documents,…

Witnesses testified about H.R. 5825, the Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act. This legislation limits warrantless surveillance to 60 days unless the president goes to Congress to…

Panelists talked about national security policy, intelligence gathering, domestic policy, and legal issues. Among the topics they addressed were proposals to create a new domestic…