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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Security Clearance Removals and Presidential Politicization of Intelligence
"The President has set a chilling precedent in threatening them with prejudicial action that could negatively impact on the confidence of intelligence officers in performing their…
Locking in Transparency on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process
Eight months ago, the White House released a charter for the Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP), the interagency mechanism by which the federal government decides whether to…
If Trump Revoked Critics’ Security Clearances, Could They Sue?
There’s a strong argument to be made that at least some constitutional challenges to the revocation of security clearances would be judicially reviewable.
Low-Hanging Fruit: Responding to the Digital Evidence Challenge in Law Enforcement
Whether you believe law enforcement is “going dark” or we are in a “golden age of surveillance,” law enforcement faces serious challenges in identifying and accessing digital…
Launch Event – Low-Hanging Fruit: Evidence Based Solutions to the Digital Evidence Challenge
Tomorrow morning (Wednesday, July 25), from 8-10 am ET, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse — along with DOJ’s former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, David Kris…
The Real Target of Trump’s Security Clearance Threats
I can’t believe I’m writing a column in defense of former Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan, and former National Security…
Tech Pressure on Privacy: National Security Requires a Fuller View of Corporate Social Responsibility
The corporate world and the U.S. national security apparatus increasingly find themselves in conflict over technology and expertise, with implications for the effectiveness of…
Cybersecurity and the 2020 Census: Are We Prepared?
A U.S. Census Bureau employee uses a UNIVAC 1105 computer to tabulate data following the 1960 Census. Image: U.S. government via Wikimedia Commons. Just Security readers may find…
Exclusive: Trump White House’s Intelligence Chief Is Leaving
Michael Barry is the latest staffer on the powerful council to depart as National Security Adviser John Bolton brings on his own team.
Carpenter Ruling Brings Us Back From Brink of Orwellian Surveillance State
Orwell described a world where limitless surveillance makes us question every action, every thought. Last Friday’s decision in Carpenter v. United States brought us one step…
The Broad Reach of Carpenter v. United States
By focusing on the nature of the information rather than on the telecommunications nitty-gritty used to gather the information or the structure of the database in which the information…
What Is the Next Line of Defense Against Torture?
Gina Haspel’s recent elevation to director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) despite her involvement in the George W. Bush administration’s prisoner abuse program and…