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Fourth Circuit Rejects Wikimedia’s Suit Against the NSA on Secrecy Grounds
The Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, claimed that the NSA’s “Upstream” surveillance program captures its international communications and is a violation of its First Amendment free-speech righ... -
Supreme Court to Hear State Secrets Case on FBI Surveillance
The court’s ruling in FBI v. Fazaga could have significant implications for future challenges to government surveillance under FISA and to the government’s use of the state secrets privilege. -
The Tel Aviv Plot
Newly declassified information reveals that a 2002 al-Qaeda attack in Israel was thwarted at the last minute. The plot was kept secret for nearly two decades. -
DNI Haines Asserts State Secrets Privilege in Civil Lawsuit Involving Saudi Arabia
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DNI Releases Semiannual Section 702 Report
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A Government Practitioner’s Guide to Countering Online Foreign Covert Influence
How can the practitioner actually counter online foreign covert influence operations? -
Lawfare Live: Adam Klein on FISA Applications
Join us for a discussion on FISA applications. -
Summary: Declassified Nov. 2020 FISC Opinion
On April 26, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) declassified a Nov. 18, 2020, ruling issued by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The decision grants the U.S. government... -
What I Found in 19 FISA Applications
A set of 19 complete FISA applications offered a chance to form impressions about what these applications contain, and how the information is presented, across different FBI agents and government attorne... -
To Oversee or to Overrule: What is the Role of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Under FISA Section 702?
Is the FISC failing its responsibilities with respect to the function it performs in the Section 702 program? Given the role the FISC is intended to play with respect to its oversight of the Section 702 ... -
ODNI Releases Annual Intelligence Community Transparency Report
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released its “Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community’s Use of National Security Surveillance Authoritie... -
In the Wake of SolarWinds, the U.S. Must Grapple With the Future and Not Just the Past
Given the wide range of strategic and tactical benefits for Russia, a cyber operation with SolarWinds’ scale and sophistication should never be understood as “just espionage.”
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