And possibilities of things that could happen if theres uncertainty about the outcome. They are bob bauer a distinguished scholar at nyu school of law now on leave as a Senior Adviser to the biden president ial campaign and Benjamin Ginsberg an election attorney in the cnn commentator. I like to recognize some of our special guest today the ambassadors of singapore sweden new zealand and the european union. Id also like to recognize our sponsors our Title Sponsor bank of america of the Greater Washington d. C. Area larry, thank you very and are sponsors terry women senior partner and also its like to recognize siemens usa ceo. Thank you for your leader sponsorship. Sponsors onrporate the screen and the like to thank them as well for their support we have a few Upcoming Events as some of you know about already but let me just remind you on november the 18th at 10 00 a. M. We will have that bandwidth alex of course he who is the chairman and ceo of Johnson Johnson. As you probably know J
And go through the various permutations and possibilities of things that could happen if there is uncertainty about the outcome. They are bob bauer, a distinguished scholar and resident at nyu school of law. He is now on leave as the Senior Advisor to the biden president ial campaign. And ben ginsberg, a veteran republican attorney, now a cnn commentator. I would like to recognize one of our special guests today, ambassadors of singapore and sweden and chile and the european union. I would like to recognize our sponsors, our title sponsors, bank of america. Thank you. Thank you to our emerging leaders sponsors. Also, i would like to recognize siemens usa, thank you for your emerging leader sponsorship. Our other corporate sponsors are on your screen and i would like to thank them for their support. We have a few Upcoming Events that some of you probably know about already, but let me remind you. On november 18, at 10 00 a. M. , we will have an event with ceo of Johnson Johnson, as you
Julian welcome back to the Cato Institute for the 2019 cato surveillance conference. I remain senior fellow julian sanchez. Thank you to those present and those watching at home for joining us. As i mentioned at the start of the conference, we focused on issues of surveillance oversight at this years conference. This morning, you heard about an array of institutions that work to oversee the secret you seven the secret use of intelligence collection ranging from the fisa court to the inspectors general to the Government Accountability office to the Intelligence Committee of congress and one of the newer and in many ways most publicly useful entities overseeing the Intelligence Community is the privacy and Civil Liberties oversight, which has produced a number of valuable reports that have given us unique insight into some of the programs that were discussed earlier, like section 215, the authority used for the phone records collection. What im sure will be a fascinating discussion, i wi
Work of institutions that to oversee the secret you seven telogens collection ranging from the fisa court to the inspectors general to the Government Accountability office to the Intelligence Committee of congress and one of the newer and in many ways most publicly useful entities overseeing the Intelligence Community is the privacy and Civil Liberties has produced ah number of valuable reports that have given us unique insight into some of the programs that were discussed earlier, like section 215, the authority used for the phone records collection. Will be aure fascinating discussion, i will pass off to our accomplished. Oderator you, julian, and thank you all for being here and to those watching online. It is an honor and a pleasure to be a part of the conversation with the members. We have three of the five members with us today. Two had conflicts and were not able to attend. Am going to basically do something nontraditional and allow them to introduce themselves. Ive seen this do
Address that range of topics. To begin, i have a senior counsel and director of the Freedom Technology and security project. It is a time where we hear a lot about the goal of putting America First. Surveillance states, this often creates some friction with our allies. Our goals may conflict with their desire to protect their own citizens. [cheering and applause] thank you. Hello, everyone. Www. Cdt. Org. I want to talk about the Global Implications of what i call America First surveillance policies. U. S. Surveillance policy, particularly on the intelligence side of the equation discriminates against foreigners in a fairly dramatic way when it comes to surveillance that occurs outside the United States inside the United States it is relatively even between americans and foreigners. When they want to survey out a person in the United States and collect their Communications Content for intelligence purposes, it has to show they are in agent of a foreign power. A Foreign Terrorist Organi