national security
Civil Libertarians Forewarn of Breathtaking Surveillance Expansion to Combat COVID-19
A new article by The Washington Post notes a mounting fear among civil liberties defenders that the US government could take steps to establish or expand surveillance programs as a means of addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. Although neither members of … Read more »
Border Warrant Exemption for Smartphone Search Under New Challenge in Newly Filed Lawsuit
This week, Ars Technica reported that a new lawsuit has been filed challenging the federal government’s practice of searching without warrants the digital devices of Americans entering or leaving the country. The suit takes aim at the dubious, though judicially … Read more »
Bill of Rights Club: A Podcast by CCDBR
The Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights is excited to announce the launch of a new podcast: Bill of Rights Club. Over the course of this series, we’ll be taking the most pressing and significant current events we cover … Read more »
Obama Built an ‘Infrastructure’ for Civil-Liberties Violations That Trump Will Inherit
Read Emma Green’s interview in The Atlantic with Jameel Jaffer here.
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