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The Unconventional Case for Body Cameras

James Van de Velde, Ph.D., is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Johns Hopkins University. He can be reached at jamesvandevelde@gmail.comOPINION — High [...] More

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Don't Pass Surveillance Legislation in the Dark

Politicians who support broad, unchecked government surveillance authorities are once again rushing to approve a sweeping program at the expense of [...] More

In Defense of Tapping the Internet to Keep You Safe

In Defense of Tapping the Internet to Keep You Safe

In one month, the authorities provided under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act (FISA) are due to expire unless [...] More

Remembering Civil Liberties when Reforming Foreign Surveillance

The NSA surveillance programs under the authorities laid out in the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702 have been making [...] More

FISA Surveillance: What it Is, and What it Isn't

The Senate Intelligence Committee approved legislation last week to renew the National Security Agency’s internet surveillance program, currently [...] More

More Top Intel Officials Call to Keep Surveillance Power

More Top Intel Officials Call to Keep Surveillance Power

Top intelligence officials called this week for Congress to reauthorize a provision that allows the Intelligence Community to target communications [...] More

When Nations Slice and Dice the Web to Fit Their Politics

Views of data and privacy vary from country to country. But former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says the internet was made to be [...] More

China Officially Ties Internet Restrictions to its own National Security

China Officially Ties Internet Restrictions to its own National Security

Today China began enforcing its controversial new Cybersecurity Law, which broadly demands that multinational companies make data accessible to the [...] More

Technology Advances Prompt Changes in CIA Collection Procedures

In the final few days of the Obama Administration, CIA Director John Brennan, after consulting with the Director of National Intelligence, brought [...] More

Obama’s Lasting Impact on Cyberspace

Presidential inaugurations not only mark the beginning of a new administration, but also the end of one too. As many remain uncertain about the [...] More

Pushing Back on Snowden: A Review of "How America Lost Its Secrets"

Edward Epstein began his career as an investigative journalist while he was still a graduate student at Cornell more than a half century ago, taking [...] More

China’s Intentions: Sovereignty, Stability and Technological Independence

Last month, China’s legislature passed the Cybersecurity Law, which is due to take effect next summer. The controversial law has received a number of [...] More

Beijing Adds Veneer of Legal Legitimacy on Censorship

Do Chinese authorities need more laws to surveil people? From the earliest days of the Chinese Communist Party, authorities have kept the closest of [...] More