Legal professionals and scholars testified on the government’s use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government…
291 viewsLegal professionals and scholars testified at a before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance hearing on the government’s use of the Foreign Intelligen…
933 viewsThe Cato Institute held its 21st annual Constitution Day Symposium in Washington, D.C. In this second panel, legal scholars and lawyers spoke about First Amendment rights and recent Supreme …
452 viewsThe Cato Institute hosted a day-long conference on government surveillance and privacy issues. This portion included a panel discussion analyzing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (F…
338 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on reauthorizing the USA Freedom Act, which bans the bulk collection of private records. Among the witnesses testifying were officials from the …
2,102 viewsElizabeth Goitein of the Brennan Center for Justice and Jamil Jaffer of the George Mason University Homeland Security Institute discussed government surveillance programs.
559 viewsThree constitutional law experts and the owner of a home along the U.S.-Mexico border were the witnesses at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on the 1976 National Emergencies Act and Pr…
3,500 viewsThe Brennan Center for Justice hosted a symposium to consider the history, application, and scope of presidential emergency powers. In this portion, University of Virginia Law Professor Saik…
420 viewsThe Brennan Center for Justice hosted a symposium to consider the history, application, and scope of presidential emergency powers. This portion featured legal and policy experts who provide…
841 viewsThe CIA and George Washington University co-hosted an intelligence and national security conference. Speakers included former CIA directors, intelligence community and government officials, …
1,383 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 permits intelligence agencies to access c…
6,633 viewsElizabeth Goitein outlined the history of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Section 702. Section 702 gives the government authority to monitor internet activity on non-U.S. citiz…
236 viewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act, which was up for reauthorization in 2017. Former national security and intel…
1,656 viewsLegal analysts talked about government surveillance and data gathering technologies and argued they were outpacing laws intended to regulate them. “New Developments in Surveillance Techno…
732 viewsPanelists talked about past, current, and future oversight of intelligence agencies. “How do we Strengthen Executive Branch/Internal Oversight” was a panel of “Strengthening Intelligence …
210 viewsPanelists gave their perspectives for curtailing government surveillance practices. Among the topics covered were FBI Director James Comey’s problems with advances in encryption barring law …
426 views“Defining Privacy Interests” was the first session of the public meeting on “Defining Privacy” held at the Washington Marriott Georgetown Hotel. The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Boa…
1,000 viewsCritics talked about the National Security Agency (NSA) surveillance programs leaked to the press by Edward Snowden. The legality of the programs was challenged. Several options for improvin…
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