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Metadata, Privacy, and the Mechanics of Reform
Since I first wrote about the U.S. government’s (“USG”) bulk collection of telephony metadata in September, public understanding of the...
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Feb 14, 20145 min read


Court Filing Sets Stage for Review of FISA Section 702
Donald Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General of the United States. U.S. Gov’t Work, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The implications of the...
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Jan 31, 20145 min read


Ignoring the Noise, Part II: Section 702 Collection
Let us turn to the legal questions posed by another of this summer’s intelligence disclosures, concerning data collection pursuant to...
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Sep 27, 20134 min read


Ignoring the Noise, Part I: Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act
Bill Belichick often implores his players to “ignore the noise.” Unfortunately, the noise surrounding this summer’s disclosures about the...
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Sep 11, 20134 min read
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