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Initial Thoughts on POTUS surveillance reforms
During a rare mid-afternoon late summer Friday press conference, President Obama outlined several actions that he believes will help restore American citizens&#…
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Amash Amendment to defund NSA surveillance fails narrowly
In a closely watched vote that ended within the past hour, the US House of Representatives narrowly rejected Rep. Justin Amash's (R-MI) amendment (205-217)…
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Could Overreaction to Cybersecurity Threats Hurt Transparency at Home?
Last week, President Obama met with Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the ongoing problem of Chinese cyber espionage. The Obama administration has recentl…
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Whistleblowing about government surveillance - political offense or serious crime?
It seems like the world has been turned upside down when a US citizen flees to China seeking political asylum. And yet Edward Snowden is apparently hiding out…
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Initial thoughts on the NSA-Verizon surveillance order
UPDATE #1 (1900 ET): The WaPo and Guardian report this evening that through its PRISM program, NSA also is directly tapped into the systems of many leading Int…
Constitution USA with Peter Sagal - Episode II - It’s A Free Country
Jennifer Granick appears at 46:44. Ask Americans what the Constitution’s most important feature is, and most will say it’s the guarantees of liberty enshrined…
Derek Khanna - Hearsay Culture - Show #183 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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Stanford Looks to FutureLaw
"Another panel addressed the proposition that user interface and user experience design need to be a "fundamental element" of legal tools if they…
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Trust us, we're the government - sharing evidence internationally
Cross-posted from www.katewestmoreland.wordpress.com It’s the nature of academic articles that by the time they’re published you’ve almost forgotten that you w…
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CISPA 2.0 Likely Stalled in Senate
According to a US News report, a spokesperson for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation suggests that the Senate will not take up CI…
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CISPA 2.0 Clears The House: Outcome Hazy
As expected, CISPA 2.0 passed the House of Representatives yesterday and the various privacy protections sought through amendments were dropped. Although much…
Law professors challenge secrecy in fracking
For Immediate Release April 2, 2013 Media Contact: Philip Craft, Elon University School of Law (336) 279-9333 / pcraft@elon.edu Ten law professors with exper…