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The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference
Cato.org ^ | December 12, 2014 | The Cato Institute

Posted on 11/27/2014 6:36:34 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi

Never in human history have people been more connected than they are today — nor have they been more thoroughly monitored. Over the past year, the disclosures spurred by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have drawn public attention to the stunning surveillance capabilities of the American intelligence community, and the unprecedented volume of data they collect from hundreds of millions of people around the world. But the growth of government surveillance is by no means restricted to spies: Even ordinary law enforcement agencies increasingly employ sophisticated tracking technologies, from face recognition software to “Stingray” devices that can locate suspects by sniffing out their cellular phone signals. Are these tools a vital weapon against criminals and terrorists — or a threat to privacy and freedom? How should these tracking technologies be regulated by the Fourth Amendment and federal law? Can we reconcile the secrecy that spying demands with the transparency that democratic accountability requires?

This inaugural Cato Institute Surveillance Conference will explore these questions, guided by a diverse array of experts: top journalists and privacy advocates; lawyers and technologists; intelligence officials … and those who’ve been targets of surveillance. And for the more practically minded, a special Crypto Reception, following the Conference, will teach attendees how to use privacy-enhancing technologies to secure their own communications.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cato; surveillance
If you can’t make it to the Cato Institute, watch this event live online at www.cato.org/live and follow the conversation on Twitter using #CatoSpyCon.
1 posted on 11/27/2014 6:36:35 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
9:00–9:15 a.m.
Introduction

Julian Sanchez
Senior Fellow
Cato Institute
9:15–9:45 a.m. Opening Remarks
9:45–11:00 a.m. Panel 1: INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE: FISA §702 & Executive Order 12333

Moderator: Charlie Savage
Washington Correspondent
New York Times

John Napier Tye
Former Section Chief for Internet Freedom
State Department

Marcy Wheeler
Writer
Emptywheel.net

Laura Donohue
Director
Georgetown University Center on National Security & the Law

Alex Joel
Civil Liberties Officer
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
11:00 – 11:15 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Panel 2: DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE: Law Enforcement in the Digital Age

Moderator: Jack Gillum
Associated Press

Faisal Gill
Attorney & Surveillance Target

Orin Kerr
Professor of Law
George Washington University

Harley Geiger
Advocacy Director and Senior Counsel
Center for Democracy & Technology

Chris Soghoian
Principal Technologist and Senior Policy Analyst
American Civil Liberties Union
12:30 p.m.-1:45 p.m. Lunch - Keynote Address
1:45–3:00 p.m. Panel 3: OVERSEEING SURVEILLANCE: Secrecy, Transparency, and Accountability

Moderator: Siobhan Gorman
Wall Street Journal

Robert S. Litt
General Counsel
Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Katherine Hawkins
National Security Fellow
Open the Government

Steve Aftergood
Director
Project on Government Secrecy
Federation of American Scientists

Sharon Bradford Franklin
Executive Director
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

J. Kirk Weibe
Former Senior Analyst
National Security Agency
3:00–4:15 p.m. Panel 4: LIMITING SURVEILLANCE: Congress, the Courts, and Technology

Moderator: Ellen Nakashima
Washington Post

Elizabeth “Liza” Goitein
Co-Director
Liberty and National Security Program
Brennan Center for Justice

Matthew Green
Research Professor of Computer Science
Johns Hopkins University

Kurt Opsahl
Deputy General Counsel
Electronic Frontier Foundation
4:15–4:30 p.m. Break
4:30–5:30 p.m. Closing Session

Julian Sanchez
Senior Fellow
Cato Institute

Julia Angwin
ProPublica; author of Dragnet Nation
5:30–7:00 p.m. Special Post-Event: Crypto Reception

Wine, cheese, and a hands-on opportunity to learn about installing and using privacy-protecting technologies for encrypted email, encrypted chat, and anonymous web browsing. Presenters include: Amie Stepanovich, Senior Policy Counsel, Access; and Matthew Green, Research Professor of Computer Science, Johns Hopkins University.

2 posted on 11/27/2014 6:37:10 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Later


3 posted on 11/27/2014 6:38:02 AM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin
Net Neutrality is the phrase to keep the surveillance subject in front

It will never be legislated, but it will be approved for the government schools (you deserve a high speed internet connection) that will be allowed in the home ... thus ... mom and dad will jump on the cheap (or maybe free .. I know .. nothing's free) connection

It's for the chi'run, don'cha'know

And, of course, being provided by your (tax dollared) school, it MUST be regulated

4 posted on 11/27/2014 6:42:54 AM PST by knarf
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

I wonder if the government will try to monitor it.


5 posted on 11/27/2014 9:50:22 AM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

The Cato Institute needs to watch this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq9yjt_JbWs


6 posted on 11/27/2014 9:51:44 AM PST by Yollopoliuhqui
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To: knarf

I’m not sure net neutrality topics are included in the agenda posted above. Certainly, it will be discussed but it appears the programs center upon surveillance issues entirely.


7 posted on 11/28/2014 6:43:00 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: TBP
I wonder if the government will try to monitor it.

A good chance of that.

8 posted on 11/28/2014 6:43:33 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi
One thing I've learned in all the years I've been trying to pay attention to, and understand politics is;

The ayrabs didn't invent tequia ... and every political faction of the planet engages in the art of saying one thing and doing another while saying they are not doing another ... let me be perfectly clear ...

9 posted on 11/28/2014 6:46:40 AM PST by knarf
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

I viewed that video back about a year and a half ago. I think it took 5 or six sessions of 1/2 hour each. It’s long and comprehensive and thank you for the link.


10 posted on 11/28/2014 6:47:07 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: knarf
That post conference gathering at 5:30 looks promising:

"Wine, cheese, and a hands-on opportunity to learn about installing and using privacy-protecting technologies for encrypted email, encrypted chat, and anonymous web browsing."

If that is available online as a separate program, I'll include the link. Of course, these types of privacy-protecting technologies could be unfortuneate. Even in the best of intentions, using these types of privacy utilities would only make one a suspect, in the eyes of surveillance personnel. How the Patriot Act ever survives is beyond me. Facebook alone has conditioned American not to expect privacy.

11 posted on 11/28/2014 6:53:19 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Glad to see its going to be so balanced. /sarc


12 posted on 11/28/2014 11:05:48 AM PST by Valin (I'm not completely worthless. I can be used as a bad example.)
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