In debates on Internet surveillance law, I often end up arguing that reports of privacy’s death have been greatly exagerrated. For example, I wrote a law review article in 2002 describing the effect of the USA Patriot Act on Internet surveillance law as The Big Brother That Isn’t. Two weeks ago, however, the First Circuit […]
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DOJ Makes the Case for the Patriot Act:
Today the Justice Department released a 30-page report in support of the Patriot Act. The AP story is here; the DOJ report itself is here in .pdf format. I read the report, and there’s nothing particularly unexpected in it. Still, worth noting.
Intelligence Errors and the American Psyche:
Over the course of the last year, it has become increasingly apparent that the United States invaded a country the size of California based in part on a misunderstanding. Popular support for the war in Iraq was based in large part on the belief that Iraq was gathering weapons of mass destruction, which itself was […]