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15 Jan 2014, 8:59 pm by CrimProf BlogEditor
From The New York Times: WASHINGTON — President Obama will issue new guidelines on Friday to curtail government surveillance, but will not embrace the most far-reaching proposals of his own advisers and will ask Congress to help decide some of... [read post]
10 Jan 2023, 6:01 am by Ryan J. Farrick
Meta alleges that NSO Group, an Israel-based surveillance software developer, exploited bugs in the popular WhatsApp instant messaging application, allowing "foreign governments" to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and opposition politicians. [read post]
16 Oct 2013, 7:13 pm by Steven D. Schwinn
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Presiding Judge Reggie Walton wrote to Senators Leahy and Grassley this week that "24.4% of matters submitted [to the FISA court] ultimately involved substantive changes to the information provided by the government or to the authorities... [read post]
7 Apr 2009, 2:04 pm
NSA arguing that the statutory claims against the government for the NSA warrantless surveillance program cannot proceed because the causes... [read post]
25 Apr 2014, 3:01 pm by InternationalLaw Blogger
A new report by the National Lawyers Guild (NLG), Breach of Privilege: Spying on Lawyers in the United States, brings to light the government's long history of covert surveillance of attorneys and their activist clients. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 1:31 am
“Councils are to have their powers to snoop on the public curbed under government plans aimed at addressing alarm at the expansion of the surveillance state. [read post]
10 Mar 2008, 5:25 am
For the London Free Press - March 10, 2008 Read this on Canoe There is a troubling worldwide trend to increased government surveillance and collection of personal information on individuals. [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 11:05 am by Ruthann Robson
Dave Eggers' new novel, The Circle, is a thought-provoking read for anyone working on surveillance, state secrets, corporate governance, privacy, or First Amendment issues as broadly defined. [read post]
20 Aug 2007, 10:53 am
This post from SCOTUS blog describes a first for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, asking the government to file a response brief to pleadings by the ACLU asking for access to the court's secret records. [read post]
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10 May 2024, 9:21 am by Matthew Guariglia
  Section 702 allows the government to conduct surveillance inside the United States by vacuuming up digital communications so long as the surveillance is directed at foreigners currently located outside the United States. [read post]
10 Jun 2020, 6:08 pm by Matthew Guariglia
  There should be a nation-wide ban on government use of face surveillance. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 1:40 pm by Jennifer Granick
  And despite this week’s dual holdings in favor of the government—on this issue and on the issue of laptop border searches—a judicial consensus may be emerging that the Fourth Amendment must evolve along with technology and government surveillance capabilities. [read post]
We depend on the press to keep us informed, helping ensure the government's accountability to the governed. [read post]
First and foremost, the USA Freedom Act would not restrict the government's ability to conduct surveillance abroad or on the battlefield. [read post]
21 Mar 2014, 11:11 am by Rainey Reitman and Rainey Reitman
  This comes just two days after Rajesh De, the general counsel of the NSA, stated before a government oversight board that tech companies were legally mandated to assist the government in mass surveillance programs and companies were aware of the surveillance. [read post]
27 Aug 2013, 9:15 pm by Walter Olson
Perhaps inevitably, following revelations that NSA surveillance data is being passed on to law enforcement for use against drug crimes and other non-terrorist offenses, criminal defense lawyers are demanding that the government turn over surveillance-obtained data and recordings that might help their clients’ case. [read post]
16 Feb 2014, 8:05 pm by Walter Olson
“The National Security Agency was involved in the surveillance of an American law firm while it represented a foreign government in trade disputes with the United States, The New York Times reported in a story based on a top-secret document obtained by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden. [read post]
18 May 2018, 11:10 am by Nathan Sheard
With federal agencies expanding their spying programs against immigrants and others, and concern that the federal government in doing so will commandeer the surveillance programs of state and local governments, the police surveillance transparency movement continues to gain momentum on the local and state level. [read post]