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Because im on the fence as to whether theres doctrinally an issue. There might be an issue. So, i think thats why. I think a ban is necessary for normative reasons. However, however, the examples we give as to the harm that derives from bulk collection, especially 215 bulk collection, is a result of the use of the data. Again, i think thats i distinguish collection and use. Can we saw recently the Obama Administration had considered ending bulk collection before the snowden revelations. Would a ban on bulk collection harm Law Enforcement and be a bad idea . Why arent you answering that one . Yeah, why . Why arent you . Really subtle moderation here. Look im not sure those accounts about how it was considered whether or not to end the bulk metaData Collection under 215. Im not surprised it was being considered. I think those programs should always be subject to a cause benefit analysis. But ill be interested to hear the followon reports as people reaction to that initial report about ho
Introducing you. Of course, greg, the Senior Council director of the project at the center for democracy and technology. Thats enough of an introduction. You left out the website. Its www. Cdt. Org. Dont forget the plug. Listen, i its easy to come here and be pessimistic about the future of the Fourth Amendment in the technology and digital age. Its kind of easy because you look at what courts decided in the past. When i was at the aclu about 20 years ago, used to call the Fourth Amendment the incredible shrinking Fourth Amendment. Well, im not so sure that the Fourth Amendment is going to continue to shrink. And i think theres reasons to be optimistic. I want to talk about the reasons to be not so optimistic. Some of the doctrines that do shrink the Fourth Amendment are themselves growing. The administrative search you have to endure in the airport before you get on an airplane. It used to be a quick, less intrusive magnetometer. Now you go through an electronic strip search machine t
Worry much about north korea . No, sir. Okay. When i say unstable i mean unpredictable, provocative. Unpredictable, provocative, danger, why he. Thats what i meant. Willing to i think willing to be provocative as well. So in your backyard youve got dangerous, provocative, unstable with nukes in north korea, right . Yes, sir, within short distance from the capital. The leader of north korea seems to be like nuts. I dont i dont know how yall should describe the guy, but he seems nutty to me. So under sequestration at the end of the day how will your ability to defend the Korean Peninsula and our interest in that region be affected from an army point of view . Well, from from a holistic point of view sequestration would, as admiral locklear just said, end up with a smaller force, a less ready force if the army goes down to 420,000, lets say thats the number they one day hit if we dont fix southwest operation. Yes, sir. How does your theater of operations fair in terms of threats and sir,
Update the statute to codify a warrant for content standard as many of you know. It makes distinctions, i think, that dont comport with users reasonable expectations of privacy today. At the heart of Service Providers, its this notion of 180day rule where contents of your communications are subject to the warrant requirement up until 180 days and thereafter at the 181st day all of a sudden can be subpoenaed. All right today in the sixth Circuit Companies like google require a warrant for all content regardless of the age, regardless of where it is stored and when it has been opened or when it has been opened. There is legislation that is pending in congress has been pending. Right now, it has over 250 cosponsors in the house of representatives. If it were voted on today in the house, it would pass. I have a lot of confidence that the same results would be true in the senate. Not the least of which, it helps to pave the way for future as many of you know in the next couple of months, se