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Congress Just Made Bipartisan Progress Against Terrorism
Commentary
Last year brought news both good and bad in the fight against terrorism. On the positive side, the Islamic State’s brutal “caliphate” has virtually collapsed under a U.S.-led ...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS Event: A Conversation with Sir Adrian Fulford, UK Investigatory Powers Commissioner
Podcast
Last year, the United Kingdom passed the Investigatory Powers Bill, which codifies the British government's domestic surveillance authorities. The bill req...
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Connect the Dots to Stop Terror Plots
Commentary
Why didn’t intelligence agencies prevent 9/11? According to the 9/11 Commission, before the attacks, information from intelligence agencies “often failed to make its way to cr...
By Adam Klein
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CNAS 2017: Surveillance and Privacy: Can They Coexist?
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Electronic surveillance is vital for counter-terrorism and other intelligence missions. Some argue, however, that a growing “surveillance state” threatens Americans’ privacy a...
By Adam Klein
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Adam Klein before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Principal Findings Section 702 is a valuable intelligence tool that is legitimate in its basic contours and subject to adequate oversight and transparency in most respects. It...
By Adam Klein
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Bipartisan Investigations: How the 9/11 Commission Did It
Commentary
Whatever your political outlook, the ferment surrounding last year’s presidential election raises important, unanswered questions: What, precisely, did the Russians do, and we...
By Adam Klein & Chris Kojm
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Investigating Russian Hacking, Wiretapping Claims, and Surveillance Leaks
Podcast
Adam Klein, senior fellow and surveillance expert at CNAS, provides an overview of the investigations into Russian active measures during the 2016 election campaign and Presid...
By Adam Klein & Neal Urwitz
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Adam Klein before the House Judiciary Committee
Congressional Testimony
Chairman Goodlatte, Ranking Member Conyers, and members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. In today’s chaotic world, our country faces a complex...
By Adam Klein
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Why Trump must save the government's privacy board
Commentary
The terror attack in a popular Istanbul nightclub on Sunday is yet another reminder of the need for capable and vigorous counterterrorism programs. At the same time, the Unite...
By Adam Klein
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Surveillance Policy in a Trump Administration
Last week, co-authors Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, and I released a Center for a New American Security report on the future of surveillance policy. The full report is ...
By Adam Klein
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Surveillance Policy: A Pragmatic Agenda for 2017 and Beyond
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On December 12, CNAS will release a comprehensive report on the future of surveillance policy, including 61 recommendations for the next administration and Congress. The...
By Adam Klein
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The Hacking Bear
"I f***ing hate that guy. Like I’d like to kick the sh** out of him on twitter . . . but I know that is dumb.” “That guy,” as every clucking tongue in Washington can now tell ...
By Adam Klein
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Justice Scalia’s Jurisprudence and National Security
By Adam Klein
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What the U.S. Government Wants from Tech Firms
Digital communications platforms like Gmail and WhatsApp, social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and cloud services like iCloud and Dropbox hold the personal data o...
By Adam Klein
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Decryption Mandates and Global Internet Freedom: Toward a Pragmatic Approach
Senior fellow Adam Klein covers some key points discussed in his latest essay on the possibility of a U.S. decryption mandate in Lawfare....
By Adam Klein
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Decryption Mandates And Global Internet Freedom
Senior fellow Adam Klein writes an essay proposing key questions about the potentials of a U.S. decryption mandate at the Hoover Institution....
By Adam Klein
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Adam Klein Discusses the Security Implications of Brexit
The British referendum to leave the European Union is a massive shock to the European political order. But what are its implications for U.S. foreign policy? Conventional w...
By Adam Klein
