...... Forwarded Message ....... From: Peter Swire <peter@peterswire.net> To: dave@farber.net Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 11:50:34 -0400 Subj: New research on foreign intelligence surveillance/wiretapping Dave: Earlier today you posted one of my current research papers on secrecy/openness that a reader sent you. Here is a link to the other new paper, "The System of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Law." http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=586616 Last year, for the first time, more wiretap orders were issued in the United States under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act than for all law enforcement actions. This paper gives the most thorough discussion to date of the history and theory of the special laws and institutions used for foreign intelligence surveillance. It analyzes the major changes in the USA-PATRIOT Act, most of which sunset at the end of 2005. It then provides a number of proposals for reform. As part of the overhaul of the U.S. intelligence system, there should be more discussion of the legal rules that govern intelligence activities conducted within the United States. There are compelling reasons to keep much of this surveillance activity secret. There are also compelling reasons to create effective checks and balances in the system, so that secret surveillance powers do not slide into abuses of those powers. As key FISA provisions sunset in 2005, this paper seeks to provide a basis for a more informed public debate. Best, Peter Prof. Peter P. Swire Moritz College of Law of the Ohio State University John Glenn Scholar in Public Policy Research (240) 994-4142; www.peterswire.net ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eugen@leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]