Wouldn't you agree with me that the U.S. Government has misled the courts, whether purposefully or inadvertently, in justifying this program on the basis that all telephone records...
In other words, in effect, scrap 215 and rely on alternative authority?
I think if we had come forward and opined on some balancing test or some other aspect and had not looked at the statute ...
It is illegal.
Thank you. I am happy to give other members of the panel an opportunity to speak separately by way of introduction, but ...
I am very pleased to begin this hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on the report of the Privacy and Civil Liberti...
Issue spotting is a challenging business.
Even with counsel. And without it, reliance on a judge is often hazardous.
none of the oversight was adversarial in nature, which is why I propose the constitutional advocate.
This is probably the most overseen program in the history of the American intelligence community.
I believe that the constitutional advocate, far from being a lightweight institution, has to be a real heavyweight to pr...