EPIC recently filed comments on proposed amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which would authorize judges to issue “remote access” search warrants in certain…
Author: Alan Butler
NSA Reforms Move Forward in Congress – With a Clear Prohibition on Bulk Collection But Still Missing Important Transparency and Oversight Provisions
We have focused a lot on NSA reform since the disclosure of sweeping surveillance last summer, and now Congress is finally taking steps to move…
Argument Recap: Justices Look to Limit Warrantless Cell Phone Searches
Today the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, two cases involving the warrantless search of an individual’s cell phone incident to…
There Are No OLC Opinions About PRISM or 215, So Who Decided It Was Legal?
In light of the President’s recent announcement that the NSA’s bulk collection of telephone metadata will end, there is a renewed interest in Congress to revise U.S. surveillance…
New Reports Reveal Flaw in Government’s Justification for NSA Metadata Program
New reports from the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post reveal that the NSA’s collection of telephone call records under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act is…
Does the Fourth Amendment Protect International Packages?
According to a recent report by the German news site Der Speigel, the NSA’s elite hacking division, known as Tailored Access Operations or TAO, has worked with…