Foreign Surveillance

An article by the Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security.

The impending sunset of FISA Section 702 gives Congress an opportunity to examine how it is working in practice and ensure sweeping reform.

A cramped approach to protecting Americans’ privacy would be a mistake, both as a legal matter and a practical one.

To understand how the U.S. government thinks about Section 702 reauthorization, Tess Bridgeman sat down with Chris Fonzone and Josh Geltzer.

There are gaps in FISA's coverage that collect American communications outside of any statutory framework and beyond the reach of courts.

There are targeted, sensible reforms regarding use of Section 702-acquired information by the FBI for non-national security investigations that would avoid throwing the baby out…

Requiring a warrant for U.S. person queries honors the balance between security and liberty struck in the Fourth Amendment and ensures that Section 702 can’t be used to get around…

20 years ago, Congress enacted the PATRIOT Act. It's time to move on from that outmoded model of surveillance.

Western countries have critiqued China's use of surveillance tech while continuing to export these tools. It's time to align human rights and trade policies.

Civil libertarian arguments that were dismissed a decade ago are now broadly accepted, even at the highest levels of the intelligence community.

On Thursday, the European Court of Justice (CJEU) dealt a blow to the free flow of data across borders in the name of protecting privacy -- with global implications.

Will Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court press for further reforms or defer the matter to politics when it decides on the issue later this month?