From IC on the Record: On August 12, 2013 President Obama directed the establishment of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. While the Review Group is administratively housed at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), it is conducting an independent review and will report to the President through the DNI. President Obama met…
Category: Govt
EFF Files Brief on Behalf of Rep. Sensenbrenner in NSA Spying Case
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today filed a brief on behalf of Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), the author of the original USA PATRIOT Act, in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) against the National Security Agency (NSA). In the brief, Sensenbrenner argues that Congress never intended the Patriot Act to permit the…
Hundreds of Pages of NSA Spying Documents to be Released As Result of EFF Lawsuit
In a major victory in one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuits, the Justice Department conceded yesterday that it will release hundreds of documents, including FISA court opinions, related to the government’s secret interpretation of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, the law the NSA has relied upon for years to mass collect the…
Privacy Groups Ask F.T.C. to Block Facebook Policy Changes
Vindu Goel reports: A coalition of six major consumer privacy groups has asked the Federal Trade Commission to block coming changes to Facebook’s privacy policies that they say would make it easier for the social network to use personal data about its users, including children under 18, in advertising on the site. In a letter sent…