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Defense Distributed v. Dep’t of State
Defense Distributed and the Second Amendment Foundation are suing the Department of State regarding the unconstitutionality of the International Traffic…By Jenn TopperCategorized in Newsgathering -
Hamdan v. Department of Justice
Naji Hamdan, a United States citizen currently living in Lebanon, filed FOIA requests with several government agencies seeking information about…By Jenn TopperCategorized in Freedom of Information -
PCLOB 12333 Comment
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) solicited public comments regarding the counterterrorism programs conducted by the Intelligence Community…By Jenn TopperCategorized in Newsgathering -
Effort to reauthorize USA PATRIOT Act lacks basic safeguards for First Amendment rights
Last night, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a new, fast-tracked bill to reauthorize Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT… -
Reporters Committee attorneys represent Alan Morrison in suit seeking justification for CIA rendition program
Adam Marshall and Hannah Bloch-Wehba Alan Morrison, a dean and constitutional law professor at the George Washington University Law School,… -
"Citizenfour" filmmakers move to dismiss federal lawsuit
The makers of Citizenfour, the Oscar-nominated documentary film about Edward Snowden, have moved to dismiss a federal civil lawsuit that… -
Journalists, technologists discuss encryption at conference on digital security after Snowden
Update: The complete conference video is now online. “Edward Snowden is not a model for journalism,” James Risen said at… -
Tech companies' announcement of new encryption policies prompts pushback from law enforcement
Last month, Google and Apple both announced that their next mobile operating systems would encrypt user data by default. Both… -
Comments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board sought comments on what issues it should examine as a long-term agenda. The…By Jenn TopperCategorized in Protecting Sources and Materials -
In re: National Security Letter
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and 18 other media organizations filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the U.S.…By RCFPCategorized in Prior Restraint