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Surveillance and security experts were among the speakers at the Cato Institute’s 2018 Surveillance Conference. In this part, five of those experts delivered ‘flash talks’ on a variety of se…

Panelists talked about improving government surveillance. The discussion focused on how to protect the civil liberties of private U.S. citizens without sacrificing national security.

Panelists talked about the process and challenges of overseeing federal surveillance operations. Panelists included the general counsel for the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and a …

Critics 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…

Privacy specialists considered the growth of communications tools like e-mail and the use of global positioning systems (GPS), as well as the government’s ability to monitor personal informa…

Former federal judge Timothy Lewis and Guantanamo detainee defense attorney Douglas Spaulding talked about trying detainees and legal issues surrounding military tribunals. They focused on t…

On February 23, 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court would hear oral argument in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project and Humanitarian Law Project v. Holder, a constitutional challenge to application …