Intelligence & Surveillance
Just Security’s expert authors provide legal and policy analysis of intelligence and surveillance activities, focusing on their impact on national security and on civil liberties and privacy rights, and their oversight by Congress and the courts.
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The “Front-Page Rule”
In my earlier post on the Report of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies (PRGICT), I highlighted a recurrent theme of the Report–the…
Very Summary Account of Judge Pauley’s Opinion on the 215 Telephony Metadata Program
I’ll defer to others for substantive analysis of Judge Pauley’s opinion. To facilitate discussion, however, here is a very abbreviated roadmap of his holdings, based…
Judge Pauley (SDNY) Rules NSA Bulk Telephony Metadata Program is Constitutional
Earlier this month, Judge Leon (D.D.C.) issued a ruling enjoining the NSA metadata program under Section 215 (and then staying his decision pending appeal), noting that the…
How to Evaluate Whether the NSA’s Telephony Metadata Program Makes Us Safer (and What Proponents and Opponents Get Wrong)
[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the Report by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Others in the…
How Limited is 702?
[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the Report by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Others in the series…
Data-Mining, Section 215, and Regulating the Government’s Use of Stored Data: The Overlooked, but More Important, Question About NSA Surveillance
[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the Report by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Others in the series…
Highlights of the Report of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies
[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the Report by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Others in the series…
Mini Forum on President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies
The Report of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies is an exceptionally important development in the national debate over security and…
Belhaj v. Straw: UK complicity in US rendition and torture
This morning the United Kingdom’s High Court issued its judgment in a case brought by Abdel-Hakim Belhaj and his wife Fatima Boudchar against the UK’s government and intelligence…
UK High Court Rules on Case Involving Alleged US Rendition and Torture: Belhaj v. Straw and Others
The United Kingdom’s High Court today ruled in the case of Abdul-Hakim Belhaj who sued the UK government for its involvement in the alleged US torture and rendition (to Libya)…
Up to Date with the EU on Data Protection: Canvassing Implications for the US
The EU’s justice and rights commissioner, Viviane Reding has recently warned that the U.S. needs to adjust its surveillance programs or risk freezing its data sharing arrangements…
UK Detainee Inquiry Report details Britain’s involvement in US torture and rendition programs
Across the pond, London has been politically rocked by the release of a report (full text) by an official inquiry into whether UK agents were involved in US torture and rendition…