Law faculty weigh in on NSA surveillance
With NSA surveillance dominating the headlines, Law faculty weighed in on the issue:
·&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ; , Anne and Joel Ehrenkranz Professor of Law, published “,” an op-ed in the New York Times about the United Nations General Assembly’s resolution recognizing an international “right to privacy in the digital age”—the international body’s response to NSA surveillance tactics. Goodman noted that the resolution also reflects a commitment to regulate abuses by corporate, private actors. This commitment, writes Goodman, “promises to propel international efforts to address intrusions on individuals’ privacy by the Googles of the world.”
·&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ; , Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law, spoke with New York Times reporter Adam Liptak about the ruling by Judge Richard J. Leon of US District Court that the NSA program that collects records of Americans’ phone calls is probably unconstitutional. “Judge Leon’s reads as though there is a living, breathing, thinking person behind it,” said Friedman in the . “Right or wrong ultimately, it is full of detail, real-world fact and serious consideration. The FISA court opinions are lifeless. They read like a machine wrote them.”
Friedman also co-authored a in Slate about the “wacky idea” that giving away your data creates a greater expectation of privacy, and appeared as a guest on NPR affiliate KPCC Southern California Public Radio to discuss the NSA.
·&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ; Professor of Law was a guest on Ian Masters Media of KPFK Public Radio and about how technology companies are affected by NSA spying.
·&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ;&Բ; , Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law, on the government’s policy of disclosure for a story about a case involving four Somalis who were convicted of sending money to a terrorist group; NSA surveillance had provided information about these men.
Posted on December 20, 2013.