Category Archives: NSAC Posts

National Security and the First Amendment: The Special Responsibility of Defense Attorneys

BY CLAIRE RUMLER — Lawyers, especially criminal defense lawyers, represent an integral component of the American justice system. Their job is to ensure that no person be arbitrarily imprisoned, and fight to protect the rights of clients- rights that all people in the United States are guaranteed, regardless of their guilt or innocence or social […]

Blowback: Covert Surveillance and the Consequences for Global Economic Growth

BY CHRIS PAWLIK — Trade matters. The security interests of the United States are inexorably tied to its interest in promoting free trade and open markets. During the summer of 2013 discussions for the most significant American-involve trade pact since NAFTA, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) began. Only a few days before the first […]

To Keep or Not to Keep: NSA Surveillance Program

BY CHRIS PAWLIK — The question contemplated before the Senate Intelligence Committee recently was what changes could be made in order to preserve the formerly secret National Security Agency (NSA) program that logs every American’s telephone calls. [1] While competing bills emerged between one camp within the Committee led by Senators Mark Udall (D-Co.) and […]

The Battle of The Briefs: Domestic Intelligence Gathering At Stake

BY NICHOLAS ESSER — The public is largely aware of Edward Snowden, a man who is branded a traitor by some and a whistleblower by others. However, the ramifications of his leaking of sensitive National Security Agency (NSA) documents are sill largely unknown.[1] Snowden sent classified documents to various reporters and news agencies around the […]