Brett Max Kaufman

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Brett Max Kaufman is senior counsel in the ACLU’s Center for Democracy working on issues related to national security, technology, surveillance, immigration, and First Amendment rights. He is also an adjunct lecturer in law at UCLA School of Law.

Articles by this author:

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio walks down stairs

From Secret Law (2001-2024) to None at All (2025-present)

Nov. 21, 2025 Brett Max Kaufman

Supreme Court Should Address Prior Restraints on Former Gov’t Employees

May 19, 2022 Jameel Jaffer and Brett Max Kaufman

A Call to Former Intelligence Community Employees Who Are Subject to a Prepublication Review Requirement

Sep. 4, 2018 Jameel Jaffer and Brett Max Kaufman

Encryption Backdoors, Vault 7, and the Jurassic Park Rule of Internet Security

Mar. 10, 2017 Brett Max Kaufman

A Word to a Newfound Ally

Dec. 2, 2016 Brett Max Kaufman

Today’s Important Deadline in the ACLU’s Targeted-Killing Transparency Case

Aug. 5, 2016 Brett Max Kaufman

Bye-Bye Birdie: reddit’s Warrant Canary Disappears

Apr. 4, 2016 Brett Max Kaufman

More Transparent Than Thou

Mar. 15, 2016 Brett Max Kaufman

Still Secret: Second Circuit Keeps More Drone Memos From the Public

Nov. 24, 2015 Brett Max Kaufman

Lawyering in Secret and the Government’s FOIA Bogeyman

Nov. 10, 2015 Brett Max Kaufman

The CIA Can’t Keep Its Drone Propaganda Straight

Jun. 20, 2015 Jameel Jaffer and Brett Max Kaufman

The Targeted Killing That Wasn’t: What We Can Learn From the Case of Mohanad Mahmoud al-Farekh

Apr. 14, 2015 Brett Max Kaufman

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