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) Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden poses for a photo during an interview in an undisclosed location in December 2013 in Moscow, Russia.

The Snowden Effect, Six Years On

Six years ago, the world was introduced to a previously unknown government contractor who revealed the National Security Agency (NSA) was conducting an unparalleled level of warrantless…
The National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters at Fort Meade, Maryland, as seen from the air, January 29, 2010.

Fulfilling the Promise of the USA Freedom Act: Time to Truly End Bulk Collection of Americans’ Calling Records

The new Section 215 "call detail records" program is still ineffective and doesn't justify the privacy threats it poses.

Reply to Bauer and Goodman: No, the Government Doesn’t Decide What ‘Legitimate Press Functions’ Are First Amendment Worthy

Former Obama administration lawyers Bob Bauer and Ryan Goodman make a dangerous argument: that coordination with a political campaign is outside the “legitimate press function” and…

Psy-Ops, Meet Cyber-Ops: U.S. Takes on Russian Trolls

A Russian troll sits down at his desktop and logs into one of the social media accounts he uses to impersonate and radicalize Americans. Suddenly, a direct message appears: “Hello,…
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…

Locking in Transparency on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process

Eight months ago, the White House released a charter for the Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP), the interagency mechanism by which the federal government decides whether to…

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…

The DNC Lawsuit and First Amendment Sensitivities

The First Amendment generally bars civil or criminal liability for publication of truthful material about a matter of public concern. That is true even in the case of stolen information.…

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…

Special Edition Podcast: Liza Goitein on Section 702’s Reauthorization

Amidst the noise today generated by President Donald Trump’s contradictory and inaccurate tweets about Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act this morning and his awful-yet-predictable…

Deep State Dissonance

U.S. National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers delivers remarks arguing for the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on October 13, 2017 in…
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