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The House Intelligence Committee’s Section 702 Bill is a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

Image: Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein, DNI Daniel Coats, and NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee on the…

Three Questions on the WannaCry Attribution to North Korea

President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of State Rex Tillerson during a cabinet meeting at the White House on November 20, 2017, at which Trump officially designated…

The Supreme Court Should Heed Friendly Advice on Microsoft Ireland

President Trump meets with Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in the State Dining Room of the White House June 19, 2017 in Washington, DC.…

The House Intelligence Committee’s Section 702 Markup Was a Politicized Debacle

On Dec. 1, 2017, the House Intelligence Committee took the unusual step of holding an open markup of its bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance…

Why Microsoft Challenged the Right Law: A Response to Orin Kerr

This coming spring, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the United States v. Microsoft – a case that will determine the authority of U.S. law enforcement to compel, via…

Hayden, NSA, and the Road to 9/11

Retired Gen. Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and CIA (and now, a national security analyst at CNN), has recently emerged as a leading critic of the Trump administration,…
A FBI Agent and FBI Analyst sit a desk with computers and look at an open case with tools during a basic field training course.

Warrantless Backdoor Searches are Not “Business as Usual”

This week, Just Security ran two posts, one by Matt Olsen and one by Asha Rangappa, defending the government’s warrantless access to Americans’ communications obtained “incidentally”…
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Episode 47 of the National Security Law Podcast: Donuts and Depth Charges

And…we’re back! Fresh off of Thanksgiving, Professor Chesney and I are (all too) fired up to discuss the latest national security law news (not to mention a bunch of stuff…
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What the White House Needs to Disclose about its Process for Revealing Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities

At a series of events earlier in October, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Rob Joyce announced that he is preparing to release more information about the Vulnerabilities Equities…
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Recap of Recent Pieces on Just Security (Oct. 21-27)

Russia Investigation and Facebook Ryan Goodman, Top Experts: Can Facebook Legally Disclose Russian Ads–What does the Stored Communications Act say? Artin Afkhami, Former Federal…
Clouds pass over the U.S. Capitol on March 7, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Closing Section 702’s Front-Door Search Loophole: A Critical Protection for Americans

As the December 31st expiration date for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) approaches, the debate over reauthorization is in full swing. Most of the…

It’s Time to Pass Legislation Governing a Key Part of the Government’s Hacking Policy

An example of the splash screen from the Petya malware that was suspected of relying on an exploit developed by the U.S. National Security Agency. It’s well known that government…
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