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Today starting at 1pm, the House Judiciary Committee is beginning its markup of the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361), including the Manager’s Amendment about which Jennifer…

The European Union (EU) has taken various kinds of action in response to the Ukraine crisis, mostly in the form of general support for the new Ukraine government and targeted…

I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Marty Lederman, Confusion on the Scope of IC Directive 119–Is it Principally about Classified or Nonclassified Information? (Wednesday,…

There have been a few developments over the last week in the ongoing congressional oversight activity related to the terrorist attack on U.S. personnel and facilities in Benghazi,…

We are happy to announce the publication of a new Editors’ Picks reading list on “The Regulation and Risks of Cryptocurrencies.”  Compiled by our intern Eli…

I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Jennifer Granick, Let the Sun Shine In: WaPo Story on the Magistrates’ Revolt (Friday, Apr. 25) II. Detention, Trial, & Treatment…

I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Beth Van Schaack, Results of High Commissioner’s Data Call Available Online (Friday, Apr. 18) Thomas Earnest, New Editors’ Picks…

We blogged earlier about the “data call” initiated by the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights in response to paragraph 5 of General Assembly Resolution 68/167 on the right…

I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Thomas Earnest and Ruchi Parekh, UK Surveillance Watchdog Releases Report Endorsing UK Surveillance Programs (Friday, Apr. 11) Shaheed…

Just to follow up on Ryan’s post:  Mark Mazzetti’s story for the Times, assuming it is accurate, confirms what I tried to explain in a post a few weeks ago —…

I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Jameel Jaffer. Searchable Database of NSA Documents (Friday, Apr. 4) Ryan Goodman, John Bellinger’s Testimony before the PCLOB (and…

I. Surveillance, Privacy, & Technology Just Security, AUBLR’s Symposium on The Role of Private Companies in National Security  (Friday, Mar. 28) Jennifer Granick, DOJ…