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The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s Disappointing Report on PPD-28 Implementation

Edward Snowden’s revelations that the NSA engaged in massive spying operations overseas prompted outrage and political blowback from our closest allies. In an attempt to manage…
Political activist Katharina Nocun, speaking under a banner that reads: "No to a German NSA" and showing a picture of U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden, leads a protest against pending legislation expanding the legal surveillance capabilities of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (Bundesnachrichtendienst, or BND) outside the Reichstag on September 26, 2016 in Berlin, Germany. Protesters behind her hold additional signs.

On Big Brother Watch v. U.K.: The Future of Surveillance at Two Europe-Wide Courts

A recent opinion by the European Court of Human Rights was more limited than recent decisions concerning surveillance. The European Court of Justice should seize the opportunity…

New U.K. Law Fails European Court Standards on Mass Interception Disclosed by Snowden

The U.K. government trots out its new surveillance legislation as curing the ills identified by the European Court of Human Rights. That's not the case. The Court’s judgment…

Americans’ Privacy at Stake as Second Circuit Hears Hasbajrami FISA Case

When Congress reauthorized Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in January, it ratified the warrantless collection of potentially millions of Americans’…

The Intel Community’s Annual Transparency Report Raises More Questions Than It Answers

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's new mandatory report, summarizing certain intelligence agencies’ surveillance activities in 2017, is one of the most important…

A Way Forward on Section 702 Queries

Five suggestions for improving accountability, transparency and understanding.

How Well Did the Nunes Memo Answer the ‘5 Questions’?

Before the House Intelligence Committee released the Nunes memo on Friday, Asha Rangappa, a former FBI special agent, highlighted five questions that the memo would need to address…

Timeline of Carter Page’s Contacts with Russia [Updated]

At the heart of the recent Nunes memo controversy lies a FISA order application for former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. But Page had piqued the interest of FBI investigators…

A Crisis for U.S. Intelligence Alliances—What the Nunes Memo Has Wrought

We’re facing a crisis of intelligence. It’s not because of a dereliction of duty, or a massive counterintelligence breach. It’s because the foundation for sharing intelligence…

The UN Security Council, Global Watch Lists, Biometrics, and the Threat to the Rule of Law

Members of the United Nations Security Council meet at U.N. headquarters, April 5, 2017 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) While much of the world was not paying attention,…

Facts on FISA: Correcting the Record on the Section 702 House Floor Debate

Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) speak at a news conference about their proposed FISA reforms at the Russell Senate Office Building on…

A Checklist for Protecting Our Elections from Foreign Meddling

Vice President and General Counsel for Facebook Colin Stretch, General Counsel for Twitter Sean Edgett, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Google Kent Walker at…
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