HIGHLIGHTED PIECES
News Coverage of Cato’s October 9 Conference: “NSA
Surveillance: What We Know; What to Do about It”:
- “NSA reforms threatened by ‘business-as-usual brigade’, Ron Wyden warns,” The Guardian, October 9, 2013
- “Sen. Wyden vows to battle ‘skin deep’ NSA reforms,” The Hill, October 9, 2013
- “Post reporter: Here’s why we refused the NSA’s demand to censor the names of PRISM companies” WashingtonPost.com, October 9, 2013
In re: Electronic Privacy Information
Center
Legal Briefs. August 12, 2013.
Director of Information Policy Studies Jim Harper and Georgetown
University law professor Randy Barnett filed this amicus brief in
support of a direct appeal to the Supreme Court seeking review of
the FISA court’s order approving mass collection of call records,
arguing that the program is unlawful under the plain language of
the PATRIOT Act and the flat Fourth Amendment bar against general
warrants.
Peggy Noonan, “What We Lose if We Give up Privacy,” Wall Street Journal, August 16, 2013, interviewing “the great journalist and civil libertarian,” Cato senior fellow Nat Hentoff on NSA abuses.
Cato research fellow Julian Sanchez named one of “the Only Government and Security Experts You Need to Follow” (a list of 15) by Wired.
FEATURED COMMENTARY
‘No Place to Hide’ from NSA, Then or Now
by Gene Healy, DC Examiner. September 30, 2013.
A Deceptive Letter to the NSA’s Spy Family
by Gene Healy, DC Examiner. September 23, 2013.
Where’s the Oversight on NSA Spying?
Julian Sanchez, Politico, August 16, 2013
2011 CATO Article Nails the Stipulations for NSA Data
Tracking
by Julian Sanchez, Business Insider. July 23, 2013.
The Internet Needs a “No Spy Zone”
Simon Lester, The Blaze, July 11, 2013.
Congress Rises to Protect Separation of Powers
Nat Hentoff, Cato.org, July 10, 2013
Scandals at NSA and IRS Are Equally Alarming
Gene Healy, DC Examiner July 1, 2013
Spying’s the Story, Not Edward Snowden
Gene Healy, DC Examiner, June 24, 2013
NSA Snooping Matters, Even if You Have “Nothing to Hide”
Julian Sanchez, Mashable, June 14, 2013
“It Can’t Happen Here” Just Did
Gene Healy, DC Examiner, June 11, 2013
Officials Need to Come Clean on NSA Surveillance Activities
Jim Harper, Daily Caller, June 6, 2013
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