Several short items – The battle over NSA spying is not over, the OPM breach is better or worse than we thought, The first ruling on net neutrality is here, Senator McConnell is trying to insert the cyber protection bill CISA inside the defense appropriations bill in a way that does not allow for debate. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Peter Swire, was a member of the President’s intelligence review team that was formed after the Snowden leaks. Today he wrote a guest column for the International Association of Privacy Professionals on what the Act did and did not change. The article is linked on the References page or you can go to it directly […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]UPDATED: 02 Jun 2015 2216 EDT The Senate, in a 67-32 vote, passed the same bill they were unable to pass before they went on vacation, restoring some of the expired provisions of the Patriot Act. The bill now goes to President Obama who said he would sign it. Gone is the bulk collection of […]
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