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“Fired” Member of U.S. Privacy Oversight Board Discusses What He Considers at Stake

"The risks to U.S. persons, as well as non-U.S. persons, from the misuse, abuse, and exfiltration of data are quite substantial."
A person on a ship faces a migrant boat-tent as the ship moves closer towards it. The sky is dark and the life boat tent is lit up to give an orange glow.

Tents at Sea: How Greek Officials Use Rescue Equipment for Illegal Deportations

Niamh Keady-Tabbal and Itamar Mann expose the latest Greek abuse of migrants: forcing them onto rafts and leaving them adrift in the Aegean.
People wait in line at Gatwick Airport on May 28, 2014 in London, England where Border Force check the passports of passengers.

New U.K. Border Security Law: A Frightening Response to the Skripal Poisoning

The British Home Office has quietly gone about making it easier to detain and interrogate travelers at its borders without "reasonable suspicion," and with little public notice.

“Dehumanized” at the Border, Travelers Push Back

Border agents searched the electronic devices of 30,200 travelers last year, up more than 11,000 from the previous year. In complaints newly obtained by the Knight First Amendment…

Customs and Border Protection’s New Policy for Searching Devices Offers Thin Protection

Ronald D. Vitiello, Acting Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Thomas Homan, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director of Immigration and…
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