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Assessing the Intelligence Community’s Policy Framework for Commercially Available Information

The ODNI's framework on CAI still gives the intelligence community too much discretion in determining how certain principles are applied.
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As DHS Implements New AI Technologies, It Must Overcome Old Shortcomings

The DHS can either carry forward in its history of bias or transparently mitigate the harmful impacts of AI on rights and privacy.

As EU and Local Elections Approach, Hungary’s Civil Society Braces for Renewed Government Assault

Human rights activists see Orban escalating repression of independent organizations and media, and they call on the US Congress to help.

How the Georgian Government, Once a US Ally, Became an Adversary, Against the Wishes of Its Protesting Citizens

Western leaders will have to respond quickly to deter the ruling Georgian Dream party from further repression against its opposition.
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An Oversight Model for AI in National Security: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

Congress must create an AI oversight authority with the mandate and resources to build safeguards into these systems from the outset.
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Unpacking the FISA Section 702 Reauthorization Bill

The FISA reauthorization bill has something to interest everyone from addressing the use of U.S. person query terms to formalizing oversight.
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Bringing Transparency to National Security Uses of Artificial Intelligence

The Biden administration should ensure that AI systems do not proliferate in secret under the banner of "national security."
This picture taken on February 6, 2024 shows an electronic screen on the facade of a building displaying an image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and a quote from him on the achievements of Russia in 2023, in Moscow. The screen looms over a snowy neighborhood. (Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Putin’s Staged Election Belies Resistance — Russian Court Data Tells the Real Story

The number of people convicted on political charges in just the past 6 years place Putin second only to Stalin in repression.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, his wife Yulia, opposition politician Lyubov Sobol and other demonstrators take part in a march in memory of murdered Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov in downtown Moscow on February 29, 2020. The crowds hold high white-blue-red flags of Russia all around them. (Photo by KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russian Opposition Searches for Shreds of Hope After Navalny’s Death

Lines to endorse an antiwar candidate for president and to lay flowers in memory of Navalny show courage and a desire for democracy.

It’s Not Just Technology: What it Means to be a Global Leader in AI

Establishing global leadership in AI requires technological innovation, domestic implementation, effective regulation, and moral legitimacy.
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The GSRA Would Undermine the Utility of FISA Section 702

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.

The Just Security Podcast: Toward a Goldilocks Deal on 702 Surveillance Reform

The Reiss Center on Law and Security at NYU Law and Just Security co-hosted an expert discussion on FISA Section 702 surveillance reform.
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