Civil Liberties

The FBI and DHS should independently evaluate AI systems, mitigate harm, train staff, consult with stakeholders, and offer recourse for harm.

The Government Surveillance Reform Act proposes that Section 702 be renewed, but it also mandates a host of changes that impair the agility of Section 702 as an intelligence tool.

Disinformation stemming from the 2020 vote still leads to overwhelming records requests, retirements, and threats towards election officials.

The latest in our series on the FISA Section 702 reauthorization and reform debate.

New bipartisan legislation in Congress offers FISA Section 702 reforms that would protect Americans' privacy without compromising national security. It would be the most significant…

Some public schools are turning to AI to comply with book bans - Emile Ayoub joins the show to discuss the risks and pitfalls.

A new Texas bill would give state and local police the power to unilaterally remove people they believe to be undocumented from the U.S.

The DHS's automated systems must be evaluated to determine whether they contain sufficient safeguards to protect civil rights and privacy.

At the global level, no legally binding agreement governs the production of and trade in law enforcement equipment. A new report by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture recommends…

Seasoned intelligence law expert and DOJ alum David Aaron explains why Section 702 must be reauthorized, why reforms that help the program evolve over time are useful, and where…

Pro-democracy allies and organizations should call out such media capture and other tools of domestic election interference.

Any genuine project of national security reform requires more than reviving a fictive eighteenth century of checks and balances. It instead entails treating foreign interventionism…