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And a few more links related to today's speech (which just
concluded):<br>
<br>
Text of the speech:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/01/text-of-the-presidents-remarks-on-nsa-and-surveillance/">http://www.lawfareblog.com/2014/01/text-of-the-presidents-remarks-on-nsa-and-surveillance/</a><br>
<br>
"Fact sheet" from the White House summarizing the President's review
and planned/proposed reforms:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EREkBVf9I5HQEkjRASDPkgIPOZ38lBKpEr8xh4sV9LY/preview?sle=true&pli=1">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EREkBVf9I5HQEkjRASDPkgIPOZ38lBKpEr8xh4sV9LY/preview?sle=true&pli=1</a><br>
<br>
The Presidential Policy Directive that will implement some of the
reforms:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1006318/2014sigint-mem-ppd-rel.pdf">https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.documentcloud.org/documents/1006318/2014sigint-mem-ppd-rel.pdf</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Emma<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/17/14, 10:58 AM, Deborah Brown
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CALU7RQbCzAcUfozAV3b0kgcuX-UjOjrOLmsuQMsh-v6wahresA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<div dir="ltr">Here is a link for the livestreaming of Obama's
speech for those interested:
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><font color="#1155cc"><u><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-signals-intelligence-programs"
target="_blank">http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-signals-intelligence-programs</a></u></font><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Starting in a few minutes.</div>
<div><br>
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<div>Embargoed copy attached.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Best, </div>
<div>Deborah </div>
</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 11:44 PM, Eddan Katz <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:eddank@aya.yale.edu"
target="_blank">eddank@aya.yale.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12px">And at the intersection of
global and local, the Oakland Privacy Working Group is
setting its sights on shutting down funding for the
Domain Awareness Centers and their Fusion Centers. We're
in the finally month of opposition and think we have a
chance to severely cut this off in Oakland City Council
in an upcoming Public Safety Committee vote. </span></div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px">Here's our petition:</span></div>
<div> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.change.org/petitions/the-mayor-and-city-council-of-oakland-ca-don-t-sell-out-the-people-of-oakland-to-the-department-of-homeland-security-don-t-vote-to-fund-the-domain-awareness-center"
target="_blank">https://www.change.org/petitions/the-mayor-and-city-council-of-oakland-ca-don-t-sell-out-the-people-of-oakland-to-the-department-of-homeland-security-don-t-vote-to-fund-the-domain-awareness-center</a>
</div>
<div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="font-size:12px">We're hoping that some
attention from digital rights networks will be
decisive in swaying the key votes. We are trying to
get as many signatures as possible in the very short
term so that this story can reach its tipping point
and ride on the heels of the announcements from the
Executive Branch tomorrow. We are also paying close
attention to the potential impact of the CA Senate
Bill 828 4th Amendment Protection Act enabling legal
cover for non-cooperation with the NSA (</span><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/01/new-california-state-legislation-seeks-to-thwart-nsa-spying/"
target="_blank">http://blog.tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/01/new-california-state-legislation-seeks-to-thwart-nsa-spying/</a>).</div>
<div><br>
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<div><br>
</div>
<div><span style="font-size:10pt">sent from <a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://eddan.com"
target="_blank">eddan.com</a></span></div>
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<p style="color:#a0a0a8">On Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at
8:37 PM, Eddan Katz wrote:</p>
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From: <b>Deborah Brown</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a
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target="_blank">deborah@accessnow.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 8:31 PM<br>
Subject: [bestbits] Update on NSA reform/PCLOB
reports<br>
To: "<<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="im">Dear all,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>There are a few developments from the
U.S. that may be of interest (and I don't
think have been circulate here yet): </div>
</div>
<div>
<div class="im">
<ul>
<li>President Obama is expected to make
a major speech on NSA reform this
Friday (17 January) at 11:00 EST (time
TBC). I assume it will be streamed.</li>
<li>The U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board will be issuing two
separate reports, instead of one, as
initially anticipated. </li>
<ul>
<li>The first report will focus on
metadata collection under Section
215 of the PATRIOT Act and the
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court (FISC). It should be
officially released on 23 January
and "public and unclassified".</li>
<li>The second report will focus on
the targeting of "non-U.S. persons",
Section 702 of the FISA Amendments
Act. While this report will be
public, it will rely on analysis of
classified material and may have a
classified annex. Classifying
critical elements of the report
could make it more difficult to
advocate for reform of Section 702,
i.e. the targeting of so-called
non-U.S. persons. AFAIK the release
date on this report is not yet
known.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<div>Back in July, a number of
participants in the Best Bits network
endorsed a letter (<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://bestbits.net/pclob/"
target="_blank">http://bestbits.net/pclob/</a>)
submitted to PCLOB, during its public
comment period, urging the body to make
recommendations to ensure that
surveillance of communications conducted
under Section 702 meets international
human rights standards. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Below is a blog from Access with some
more information.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Kind regards, </div>
<div>Deborah </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
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href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/01/14/anticipated-pclob-reports-classified-toothless"
target="_blank">https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/01/14/anticipated-pclob-reports-classified-toothless</a><br>
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<h2 style="margin:10px 0px
15px;padding:0px;font-size:24px;line-height:26px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span><font
color="#000000">Anticipated PCLOB
reports: Classified? Toothless?</font></span></h2>
<h4
style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><span>11:56am
| 14 January 2014 | by <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/authors/43/Drew%20Mitnick"
style="color:rgb(69,69,69);font-weight:normal" target="_blank"><b>Drew
Mitnick</b></a></span></h4>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><i
style="font-weight:inherit"><b
style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-style:inherit">Update:</b><font
color="#333333"> We have since
learned that the report on Section
702 will be public, though it may
have a classified annex. Thanks to
our friends at </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.openthegovernment.org/"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">OpenTheGovernment.org</font></a><font
color="#333333"> for this
information.</font></i></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span><font
color="#333333">Last week, the </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pclob.gov/"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">Privacy and
Civil Liberties Oversight Board</font></a><font
color="#333333"> (PCLOB) released
a </font><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pclob.gov/SiteAssets/newsroom/PCLOB%20Press%20Statement_1.8.14.pdf"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">statement</font></a><font
color="#333333"> detailing plans
to release not just one, but two
reports on NSA surveillance
programs. The Board will release
one report on metadata collection
under PATRIOT Act Section 215 and
the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Court (FISC),
expected in late January or early
February, and a second report on
the targeting of non-US persons
under FISA Section 702, with an
indeterminate release date. These
reports come on the heels of a
parallel </font><font
color="#0000ff"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/01/09/review-groups-privacy-recommendations-for-non-u.s.-persons-lack-teeth"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank">report</a> </font><font
color="#333333">by the President’s
Review Group on Intelligence and
Communications Technologies,
released in December 2013.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span><font
color="#333333">PCLOB’s release
last week raised a number of
questions for our team. First and
foremost, will the PCLOB reports
have the bite of specific
recommendations that </font><font
color="#0000ff"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/01/09/review-groups-privacy-recommendations-for-non-u.s.-persons-lack-teeth"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank">were lacking</a> </font><font
color="#333333">in the Review
Group’s report? Critically, will
the report on FISA 702 be public
or classified? If the PCLOB does
release strong reports, will the
Obama administration listen?
There’s plenty of evidence that
none of these answers are yes.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><b
style="font-style:inherit">Will the
PCLOB recommendations have teeth?</b></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span><font
color="#333333">Unlike the
President’s Review Group, which
was convened under the Office of
the Director of National
Intelligence, the PCLOB is an
independent agency. It was created
in 2004 to advise the President on
civil liberties in light of
efforts to combat terrorism, but
has so far been </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/cautious-optimism-as-us-privacy-oversight-board-finally-confirms-chair"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">underutilized</font></a><font
color="#333333"> and </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/privacy-board-awakens-after-nsa-spying-is-revealed"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">hamstrung</font></a><font
color="#333333">. The Senate
failed to even approve a chairman,
the Board’s only full-time
position, </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.leahy.senate.gov/press/sjc-chairman-leahy-hails-confirmation-of-privacy-board-chairman"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">until May of
last year</font></a><font
color="#333333">. PCLOB’s work
marginally increased after the
Snowden revelations, but have been
hampered by a </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/privacy-board-awakens-after-nsa-spying-is-revealed"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">lack of budget,
staff, subpoena power, and
requisite security clearances</font></a><font
color="#333333">. And even if
these structural deficits were
resolved, a fundamental fact
remains: despite its oversight
mandate, the PCLOB has </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/what-powers-does-civil-liberties-oversight-board-have"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">zero enforcement
power</font></a></span></p>
</div>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span>The
PCLOB’s disadvantaged position was
only underscored by its treatment by
the recent report by the Review Group,
which tacitly acknowledged the PCLOB
was not up for the task of effective
oversight as currently structured. The
Review Group’s Recommendation 27
included a call to increase PCLOB’s
power by recrafting it into an
oversight body with the name of the
Civil Liberties and Privacy Protection
Board (CLPP -- or perhaps,
“clipboard”). The changes would expand
the PCLOB’s narrow authority from
terrorism-related policy issues to
encompass foreign intelligence, in
order to better align with the mandate
of FISA programs.</span></p>
<div class="im">
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><b
style="font-style:inherit">Will we
see a public report on Section 702?</b></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span><font
color="#333333">The decision by
the PCLOB to release two reports
segmenting the reviews of Section
215 and 702 programs was </font><font
color="#0000ff"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.pclob.gov/SiteAssets/newsroom/PCLOB%20Press%20Statement_12.18.13.pdf"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank">quietly
announced</a> </font><font
color="#333333">in December. Why
two? The language of the most
recent statement may provide a
hint: It indicates the report on
Section 215 and the FISC will be
“public and unclassified,” but its
report on Section 702 makes no
mention of a public release, while
stating that the report will
address “classified materials.”
The programs conducted under
Section 702 are the ones with the
greatest impact on non-U.S.
persons, and are the ones we still
know the least about. Some of the </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.accessnow.org/blog/2014/01/09/review-groups-privacy-recommendations-for-non-u.s.-persons-lack-teeth"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">weakest parts</font></a><font
color="#333333"> of the
President’s Review Group’s
recommendations were the sections
on treatment of non-US persons
under Section 702. If the PCLOB
report remains classified, efforts
to reform these programs will be
severely hindered. We urge PCLOB
to release an unclassified version
of its report on Section 702
programs. </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><b
style="font-style:inherit">Will
Obama even listen?</b></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span><font
color="#333333">Unfortunately,
regardless of the classification
levels of the reports, there’s
little to indicate the Obama
administration will give weight to
their recommendations. President
Obama has announced he will make a
speech on his proposed
surveillance reforms on January
17th,</font><font color="#0000ff"> <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/obama-to-preempt-privacy-board-on-altering-nsa-spying.html"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank">just days before
the first PCLOB report drops</a>.</font><font
color="#333333"> This timing will
allow the administration to get
out ahead of any criticisms the
PCLOB report may make on the
Section 215 programs, while
simultaneously allowing the White
House to appear to be leading on
reform efforts. And as for the
PCLOB’s recommended reforms on the
Section 702 programs? Without a
public report, and with a release
date of weeks after the
President’s speech, these may be
long lost to the newscycle -- a
grim scenario for the rights of
non-US persons.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><b
style="font-style:inherit">What does
this mean?</b></p>
<p style="margin:10px
0px;padding:0px;line-height:18px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><span><font
color="#333333">In preparing its
report, the PCLOB held an open
notice and </font><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.noticeandcomment.com/PCLOB-2013-0005-0048-fcod-338145.aspx"
style="text-decoration:none"
target="_blank"><font
color="#0000ff">comment</font></a><font
color="#333333"> period this past
autumn. We submitted a comment
containing a number of
recommendations, including some
recommending greater rights
protections for non-US persons,
specifically pertaining to the
Section 702 programs. At the time,
we expected that our inputs -- and
those of dozens of others -- would
be the basis for a transparent
public review and recommendations.
A secret review of a secret
program is unacceptable: a
classified report reinforces the
cloak of secrecy around the global
scope of the NSA's mass
surveillance programs under
Section 702, is entirely at odds
with the public debate that
precipitated the review, and will
almost certainly fail to effect
any meaningful or accountable
change.</font></span></p>
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