It seems to me that all the evidence says he would do the second thing. Tim and i have argued on a lot of these issues. I am finding myself drawn into his perspective a bit. Attribute to your advocacy. I agree with the point that actually, surveillance law is developed more than other areas i mentioned. National security and counterterrorism law in checks and balances. And so, there is reason to think someone would blow the whistle if the Trump Administration tried to do something illegal and i fought hard for my 20 years in government, when i worked for National Security for increased information sharing, breaking down barriers within domestic agencies, and for the modernization of advisement so we could have a better approach to surveillance. But for my part, i would say as i fought for these changes, i did not bargain on a President Trump. That was beyond my ability to imagine as a leader of the country in thinking about how these policies would be implemented by the chief executive
Were going to get started. Good afternoon. Im with the internet education foundation. I want to welcome you to our briefing. This event is cohosted by the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee in cooperation with the congressional internet caucus. The cochairs are representatives Bob Goodlatte and anna eshoo on the house side, and on the senate side, senators john thune and patrick leahy. We thank them for their support of educationallal events like this. And just a little bit of housekeeping before we get started, the twitter hashtag is e. U. Safe harbor, and all of our twitter accounts, the panelists information is on your program. We also have a few upcoming events, both of which are listed. On october 21st, therell be a happy hour with the Facebook Team and october 22nd the Second Annual congressional app challenge will kick off. For more information about how to get your office involved, visit our web site or talk to our executive director. Im now going to turn it over
Companies subject to those letters from the fbi asking for data. The president asks for transparency but outlining the reason he dont want to have any more steps, as expected the president is putting forward not just one but a panel of advocates on that fisa court, Public Advocates to stand up for the americans publics right to privacy when the American Intelligence Community comes to them. Overall, the president offering astout defense for the american intelligence apparatus and those working there. Pointing out there are no abuses, no intentional abuses while at the same time, saying attacks have been prevented. He said at the outset of the speech del however he wasnt speaking specifically about the 215 program the metaData Collection program, and a federal judge in washington issued a stay of the program just recently, said there have been no evidence of any attacks being prevented. Technological regulations that oversee that technology and the Surveillance Programs enabled by the t
Dedicated to preserving foundational American Values in a time of rapid technological change. I am Kevin Bankston the policy director of the open Technology Institute which is the tech policy and technical modeling of new america where we are focused on building a stronger and more open internet for a stronger and more open society. I want to thank you for all coming here today and braving the heat or for tuning in via the webcast or cspan for todays panel Event National insecurity agency, how the nsa surveillance programs undermined Internet Security. Since they first note and lakes all the controversy around the nsa has been focused on its programs to collect phone records under section 215 of the patriot act and its moderating of internet under section 202 under the fisa amended that been focused on the debate over how to reform the surveillance statutes. Yet the nsa is also engaged in a wide variety of conduct that in our view is fundamentally threatening the basic security of the