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Senate to Narrow Scope of Secret Surveillance Law

Last month in a bit of a crazed hurry, Congress approved the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 came out of 9-11 and our lack of intelligence. I know you can’t use government and intelligence in the same paragraph without laughing, but stick with me. But Congress didn’t […]

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Security News Update for the Week Ending April 5, 2024

DoD Opens Cyber Policy Office As reported earlier, the planned opening of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy officially happened on March 20th. Ashley Manning will manage it until the Senate confirms someone else. President Biden announced that his nominee will be Michael Sulmeyer. Whether the Senate confirms him or […]

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Security News Update for the Week Ending August 4, 2023

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Will Expire Every five or six years, section 702 of FISA expires. Congress continues to do this because it doesn’t trust the government to restrain itself. Section 702 enables limited bulk data surveillance which some constraints on viewing data of Americans vs. foreigners. In case you haven’t […]

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FISA Section 702 Renewal Faces Hurdles

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the government to collect intelligence from non-Americans located outside the United States without a warrant. Section 702 cannot be used to target Americans. At least some people say that Section 702 needs some reform. When Section 702 was first enacted lawmakers knew that this could spell […]

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Security News for the Week Ending April 3, 2020

DoD Concerned Covid Will Cause US IP Loss In an interesting analysis, Ellen Lord, DoD’s top acquisition official, is concerned that foreign interests (including unfriendly foreign interests) will buy or invest in small U.S. defense subs and steal our tech.  In theory CFIUS and FRRMA should make that harder as the government has the right […]

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