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New Case Proves Intelligence Community Whistleblowers Have Protections

NSA headquarters, Ft. Meade, Md. In December, Adm. Mike Rogers, director of the NSA, placed the agency’s Inspector General (IG), Dr. George Ellard, on administrative leave and…

Survivor’s Guide to Being a Successful Whistleblower in the Federal Government

Whistleblowers do a difficult thing: They often put their career and livelihood at risk standing up against their organization and disclosing information that may embarrass their…

Dissenting from Within the Trump Administration

After the presidential election, many of those who were already working in government or who were considering joining began to ask questions about the ethics of working for a Trump…

Five (Overlooked) Decision Points for the Trump Administration in National Security

What are the decision points that the President-elect’s transition team and incoming administration will likely face over the horizon in the national security arena? News media…

The Office of Special Counsel’s Oversight Role in National Security: A Home for Whistleblowers

To function efficiently and effectively, the government must promote whistleblowing by its employees. This is especially true in the national and homeland security contexts, where…

Trump’s Whistleblowers—Whether Limited Pardons for Manning and Snowden Makes Sense Now

Whatever you might have previously thought about the notion of President Barack Obama pardoning Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, the election of Donald Trump changes everything.…
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The World Doesn’t Need a “Snowden Treaty”

How to best protect privacy in cyberspace is a very difficult question. So is what role the law (domestic and international) should play in ensuring a proper balance between privacy…
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Latest UK Judgment on Post-Snowden Surveillance

On June 22, the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) gave its latest judgment in the post-Snowden surveillance litigation brought by several NGOs against the UK Government…
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Sunsets Need Sunshine:  What We Can Learn from the USA Freedom Act

This afternoon, Congress, for the first time since 9/11, reined in national security surveillance authorities.  It’s a historic moment, and a great victory for civil liberties,…
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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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Extending Privacy Protections to Foreigners Will Benefit Americans

I wanted to add a few thoughts to Ryan Goodman’s post outlining policy arguments for and against giving foreigners the same privacy protections enjoyed by Americans (at least…
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Twitter’s First Amendment Suit & the Warrant-Canary Question

This week, Twitter lobbed the latest volley in what has been both a fascinating and encouraging repositioning of technology companies vis-à-vis the U.S. government—a pivot that…
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