FISC
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Press Statement
Supreme Court Declines to Hear First Amendment Challenge to Secrecy of U.S. Surveillance Court
The Knight Institute, ACLU, Yale Clinic, and former Solicitor General say the Court’s denial curtails the public’s First Amendment right of access to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court opinions
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Inside Look
Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA: Targeting an Intelligence Program That Monitors Americans’ International Internet Traffic
The Institute’s Alex Abdo on why the NSA’s extensive, warrantless “Upstream” surveillance threatens privacy and free speech
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Deep Dive
What Is America’s Spy Court Hiding From the Public?
Unnecessary secrecy about government surveillance is bad for the intelligence agencies, the spy court, and our democracy
By Jameel Jaffer , Theodore Olson & David Cole -
Press Statement
Former Government Officials, as well as Media Organizations, Microsoft, Former Magistrate Judges File SCOTUS Briefs Challenging Secrecy of U.S. Surveillance Court
Filers Urge Supreme Court to Hear Case on Public Right of Access to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Opinions
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Deep Dive
A New Consensus Around Transparency and National Security Surveillance
Civil libertarian arguments that were dismissed a decade ago are now broadly accepted, even at the highest levels of the intelligence community
By Jameel Jaffer & Patrick C. Toomey -
Press Statement
Former Solicitor General, First Amendment Groups Challenge Secrecy of U.S. Surveillance Court
In Supreme Court petition, ACLU, Knight Institute, and Yale Clinic say public has a First Amendment right of access to opinions of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
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Deep Dive
The Public Should Have Access to the Surveillance Court’s Opinions
It's time for the Supreme Court to enforce the public's right to know how the FISC has shaped the nation’s laws and our liberties
By Alex Abdo & Charlie Hogle