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“Expense,” “Delay,” and the Inauspicious Debut of the USA FREEDOM Act’s Amicus Provision

I have very little to add to Liza Goitein’s thorough and excellent post from this morning, which explains–quite forcefully in my view–why Judge Saylor’s…
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The FISC’s Newest Opinion: Proof of the Need for an Amicus

In the first public opinion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) since the USA Freedom Act became law, Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV ruled that the law revived the…
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The Hidden Meaning (Maybe) of the New FISC Opinion

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court released an opinion today, dated June 17, holding that despite the brief lapse of several provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the effect…
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Rand Paul and Surveillance Reform, Part II

My post from yesterday about how Rand Paul hijacked the surveillance reform debate provoked a series of interesting responses both via e-mail and on Twitter, including a note from…
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ACLU v. Clapper Will End the Telephone Dragnet

Last week’s dramatic Second Circuit decision in ACLU v. Clapper, invalidated the alleged legal basis for the NSA domestic phone call dragnet, Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act,…
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What ACLU v. Clapper Means

Many others have already weighed in about the significance of last week’s ruling in ACLU v. Clapper. Here are my own quick thoughts. As regular readers of this blog already know,…
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How the Second Circuit’s Decision in Clapper Informs the Section 215 Discussion

This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
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[UPDATED with details and analysis] BREAKING: Second Circuit rules that Section 215 does not authorize telephony bulk collection program

[UPDATED]  The opinion is here.  Judge Sack’s concurring opinion is here.  Because the court rules on statutory grounds, it does not reach the Fourth Amendment questions.…
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Senator McConnell’s Modest Proposal to Reform Section 215: Don’t!

With only 14 legislative days remaining (in the House, anyway) before Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act (which the government argues, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance…
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More on Flawed Research and Flawed Counterterrorism Policies

I want to concur with the thoughtful views articulated by Michael German last week addressing terrorism and counterterrorism research. Having spent twenty years working and researching…
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Appointing Democratic Judges to the FISA Court Won’t Solve Its Structural Flaws

Chief Justice Roberts recently named two new judges to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) — Judge James P. Jones from the Western District of Virginia and Judge…
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The Patriot Act’s Sunset is the Perfect Chance to Make the FISA Court More Like a Real Court

In the coming weeks, Congress must decide whether to renew the Patriot Act, which the National Security Agency (NSA) uses to collect Americans’ telephone records in bulk, regardless…
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