Derek Reinbold  //  3/26/17  //  Topic Update


PRIVACY

The ACLU identifies key issues missing from testimony by FBI Director James Comey and NSA Director Mike Rogerson’s testimony about incidental surveillance of Americans under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

Incognito messaging by federal employees raises legal questions, according to Harper Neidig and Joe Uchill (The Hill).


Updates | The Week of January 15, 2018

1/14/18  //  Daily Update

Customs officers searched an estimated 30,200 cellphones, computers and other electronic devices of people entering and leaving the United States last year, up 60 percent from 2016.

Updates | The Week of December 18, 2017

12/24/17  //  Daily Update

Justice Gorsuch's limitation of his use of the word 'privacy' at the oral argument of Carpenter v. United States may mean a desire to limit substantive due process doctrine in the future. DHS's costly implementation of facial screening technology at airports is technologically flawed and is a significant escalation in government surveillance, claims a report from Georgetown University researchers. Use of fear-mongering tactics in the campaign to pass the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act demonstrates contempt for Fourth Amendment rights.

Updates | The Week of October 16

10/21/17  //  Daily Update

Contrary to Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein's recent speech, encryption is not just a weapon, but a shield.