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Mar 9, 20222 min read
An Analysis of Whistleblower Protections for Intelligence Community Contractors
By Noah Roos The federal government has grown increasingly reliant on contractors. Notably, in the aftermath of 9/11, the Intelligence...
Dec 4, 20193 min read
Congressional Oversight and Agency Accountability for the Central Intelligence Agency
By Nicole Carle Since its inception, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has operated with little oversight and control by other...
Nov 20, 20194 min read
Intelligence Community Whistleblower Complaints: Is the President of the United States a Member of t
By Rachel Feinstein In July 2019, President Donald Trump made a phone call to Ukrainian President Voloymyr Zelensky. This phone call,...
Dec 3, 20183 min read
Was Jamal Khashoggi Warned – and If Not, What Now?
By Maria Stratienko At 1:30 PM on October 2, 2018, prominent journalist and activist Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi Arabian...
Feb 18, 20184 min read
Watching the Watchers: Legal Effects of the Section 702 Renewal
By: Carly Nuttall The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) first became law in 1978. Broadly speaking, FISA is a federal law that...
Oct 16, 20174 min read
A Fourth Amendment Sunset: The FISA 702 Program Reauthorization
By Victoria Garcia The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) 702 Program is an ongoing surveillance program that collects...
Nov 16, 20153 min read
Third Party Doctrine: Supporting Government’s Desire to Collect Information
In the past decade the Senate and House of Representatives have attempted to address the ever-growing concerns surrounding cyber-attacks...
Dec 3, 20132 min read
Warrantless Wiretapping Fallout Continues
Earlier this year, a Somali-American man, Mohamed Mohamud, was convicted of trying to use a weapon of mass destruction at a Christmas...
Nov 17, 20133 min read
Spying for Security or Spying because of Habit?
Pulitzer Prize winning journalists Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman recently wrote an AP article stating that continued spying on mosques in...
Nov 11, 20132 min read
Keep Your Friends Close . . .
The recent media circus surrounding the leaking of classified information concerning our National Security Agency (NSA) cell phone...
Nov 1, 20133 min read
HR 3107 and Potential Cybersecurity Bills for Senate Approval
The House Homeland Security Committee passed the new Bill, HR 3107, or the Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-Ground Act, on...
Apr 9, 20133 min read
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA): Another SOPA?
In February of 2013, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) was reintroduced in the House for renewed debate. An older...
Dec 13, 20123 min read
Polygraphs, Pertinent or Pernicious?
Last year more than 73,000 Americans underwent a polygraph examination in an effort to obtain or keep their job with the federal...
Nov 15, 20091 min read
Valerie Plame Loses First Amendment Appeal
Valerie Plame Wilson, the former CIA Operations Officer whose affiliation was revealed in 2003, has lost her First Amendment appeal to...
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