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2 months ago | 
justsecurity.org | Faiza Patel
President Trump’s Jan. 20, 2025 Executive Order (EO) on “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats” is squarely aimed at reviving some version of the Muslim travel ban of his first term. The order goes much further though, presaging government action to revoke the visas of foreigners living in the United States based on their political and cultural views. Any such actions will—and should—be challenged on First Amendment grounds.
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May 22, 2024 | 
brennancenter.org | Faiza Patel |Spencer Reynolds
This article first appeared at Just Security. On May 22, the House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should use artificial intelligence (AI) to “defend and secure the homeland.” The topic is fitting: DHS has promised aggressive adoption of AI and other emerging technologies.
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May 21, 2024 | 
justsecurity.org | Spencer Reynolds |Faiza Patel
On May 22, the House Committee on Homeland Security will hold a hearing on how the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should use artificial intelligence (AI) to “defend and secure the homeland.” The topic is fitting: DHS has promised aggressive adoption of AI and other emerging technologies.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
brennancenter.org | Michael German |Faiza Patel |Rachel Levinson-Waldman |Jose Gutierrez |José Gutiérrez
The Department of Justice has been publishing incomplete and conflicting data on domestic terrorism, thwarting effective policymaking and accountability on an issue it claims to prioritize. In December, the Brennan Center sent a letter to the department urging it to augment its data collection methods to ensure more accurate reporting in the future.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
brennancenter.org | Michael German |Faiza Patel
Suscríbete aquí al nuevo boletín informativo del Brennan Center en españolEl Departamento de Justicia viene publicando datos incompletos y contradictorios sobre el terrorismo en Estados Unidos, con lo que impide la formulación de una política eficaz y el rendimiento de cuentas sobre un asunto al que alega dar prioridad. En diciembre, el Brennan Center envió una carta al departamento instándolo a intensificar sus métodos de recopilación de datos para asegurar informes más exactos en el futuro.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
commondreams.org | Faiza Patel
Your friends aren’t the only ones seeing your tweets on social media. The F.B.I and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as police departments around the country, are reviewing and analyzing people’s online activity. These programs are only likely to grow as generative artificial intelligence (AI) promises to re-make our online world with better, faster, and more accurate analyses of data, as well as the ability to generate humanlike text, video, and audio.
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Jan 7, 2024 | 
commondreams.org | Faiza Patel
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
brennancenter.org | Katherine Ebright |Faiza Patel |Ivey Dyson |Elizabeth Goitein
FISA “REFORM” AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT: THE BIGGEST EXPANSION IN GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE SINCE THE PATRIOT ACT Despite its name, the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act is not a reform bill. It would enact the biggest expansion of surveillance inside the United States since the Patriot Act, while doing nothing to rein in the abuses we’ve seen under Section 702. ● Section 504’s massive expansion of surveillance.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
brennancenter.org | Rachel Levinson-Waldman |Jose Gutierrez |José Gutiérrez |Katherine Ebright |Faiza Patel
FISA “REFORM” AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT: A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING Despite its name, the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act is not a reform bill. It is an anti-reform bill in disguise. Not only does it fail to rein in warrantless surveillance of Americans under Section 702; it would actually expand surveillance in critical respects, effectively rewarding the FBI for years of misconduct and thus encouraging even more flagrant abuse in the future.
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Dec 6, 2023 | 
brennancenter.org | Elizabeth Goitein |Rachel Levinson-Waldman |Jose Gutierrez |José Gutiérrez |Faiza Patel
It’s a basic constitutional principle: law enforcement and intelligence agencies need a warrant to listen to your phone calls or read your emails. Agencies, however, have found a workaround. An arcane law, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, passed in 2008 and is set to expire at the end this year. Congress should not renew it without adding important safeguards for Americans’ rights.
