This article was written by Peter Toren, attorney with Weisbrod Matteis & Copley PLLC The revelations by Edward Snowden about the NSA’s collection of “metadata” on every phone call that is made in the U.S. has led to concerns about whether the government should be collecting this type of information and whether there are adequate safeguards …
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Wait, What? Episode 11: Things get real!
In the 11th edition of Wait, What? the guys talk about government surveillance programs, particularly as they have been executed in the United States. The show looks at the USA Patriot and USA Freedom Acts and discusses what responsibilities and rights any government has or should have when it comes to data collection on its …
Ignore the First Amendment at your peril: 2013 Silha Lecture
This post was written by Megan Gustafson, journalist and former Thomson Reuters employee The lessons of the Pentagon Papers – the landmark 1971 First Amendment case – are coming full circle in today’s environment, said attorney James C. Goodale last week at the 2013 Silha Lecture, at the University of Minnesota’s Silha Center for the …