100,000 in cash prizes with a grand prize of 5,000. For more information go to our web site, studentcam. Org. Next, a conference on government surveillance and privacy. Law professors, Security Experts and former government officials talk about oversight of the Intelligence Community. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Welcome to the cato institute. My name is julian sanchez, im a senior fellow here, and im grateful to everyone who has come out bright and early to the cato auditorium for our 2019 surveillance conference. Weve been doing this for some five years now. When we launched this in the aftermath of disclosures about bulk nsa collection by foreman nsa contractor edward snowden, the nsa itself was a fairly obscure agency, unfamiliar to most americans. And as we kick off our 2019 conference, we find that now even intelligence oversight is itself very much in public headlines. We have an impeachment proceeding kicked off in significant part by a report from the, from the Inte
Years now. We watched this in the aftermath of exposures about a collection by nsa itself, the agency unfamiliar to most americans and as we take off our 2019 conference, we find now even intelligence oversight is very much in public headlines. We have an impeachment proceeding kick off by reports from the Intelligence Community Inspector General. You have forthcoming next week, allegations and misuse of the surveillance act during the 2016 president ial campaign. We have proceedings from the house Intelligence Committee. Even intelligent overseers now are the center in the way that the intelligence agencies began earlier. In a way that was unprecedented. So we have a special focus this year on not just the Intelligent Agency the self but the messages in place to oversee them. One of the classic problems of Intelligence Surveillance is how to balance the need for operations that are secret. Surveillance that is done publicly in surveillance. How do you balance the need to conduct certa
Years now. We watched this in the aftermath of exposures about a collection by nsa itself, the agency unfamiliar to most americans and as we take off our 2019 conference, we find now even intelligence oversight is very much in public headlines. We have an impeachment proceeding kick off by reports from the Intelligence Community Inspector General. You have forthcoming next week, allegations and misuse of the surveillance act during the 2016 president ial campaign. We have proceedings from the house Intelligence Committee. Even intelligent overseers now are the center in the way that the intelligence agencies began earlier. In a way that was unprecedented. So we have a special focus this year on not just the Intelligent Agency the self but the messages in place to oversee them. One of the classic problems of Intelligence Surveillance is how to balance the need for operations that are secret. Surveillance that is done publicly in surveillance. How do you balance the need to conduct certa
Ordered. Were here today to examine the state of Voting Rights and Election Administration in america. The right to vote is sacred. As members of congress, we take our responsibility to protect access to the ballot very seriously. This subcommittee and our committee as a whole is charged with overseeing the administration of federal elections. This country has a long history of failing to ensure equal and unencumbered access to the ballot for all her citizens. While states and localities have a significant role in carrying out elections, congress cannot abdicate its critical responsibility to ensure every eligible american can access the ballot box, cast a ballot free from discrimination and suppression, and has a steadfast faith in our democratic process that their ballot will be counted as cast. Since the beginning of the 116th congress, this subcommittee has been Holding Field hearings across the country, convening forums to hear from voting and election advocates, experts, communit
I appreciate everyone quieting down so fast. All right. Were about to embark on our second panel of the summit, and the second panel is on the topic that for those of you who know me and know my work over the last 25 years in the election space is near and dear to my heart. Its probably the most important thing is were talking about the nuts and bolts of elections for running smooth elections in the United States, and something where we have made fast strike in the last couple of decades, and that is maintaining accurate and complete voter list. Those two aspects are really important. Whereas women talk about Voter Registration come so much of the time when we talk so much of the oxygen is taken up by those who would seek to make it a choice between affording the franchise to all eligible voters and keeping clean lists and keeping those who are ineligible maybe because they moved or died off of the list. And what we know is that thats a false choice, that you can do both and that both