Sam Levine

samrlevine.bsky.social

31 August 2026 21:03

New: The Trump administration secretly obtained 6 months of phone records for a journalist without a search warrant or any judicial oversight, raising alarm over an obscure legal tool it is deploying www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Emile Ayoub

emileayoub.bsky.social

17 August 2026 15:00

DHS’s chilling practice is just a piece of a larger problem. @hannahajames.bsky.social and I explain how fed agencies have broad statutory authority to get text messages, medical records, & other sensitive info w/o advance judicial approval or probable cause; and how Congress should rein them in. ⬇️

Just Security

justsecurity.org

17 August 2026 14:15

DHS is using administrative subpoenas to identify online critics and access Americans' private data without a judicial warrant, write @brennancenter.org's @emileayoub.bsky.social and @hannahajames.bsky.social. What Congress can do:

Rachel Levinson-Waldman

rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social

11 August 2026 18:34

Automatic license plate readers are having a moment - but probably not the moment their vendors are hoping for. John Oliver threw down the gauntlet last week in an episode highlighting many of the concerns about LPRs - incl that they allow the govt to go back in time and see where you've been. 1/19

Liza Goitein

lizagoitein.bsky.social

27 April 2026 17:06

In today's @justsecurity.org, my colleague @hannahajames.bsky.social & I analyze Speaker Johnson's "new" proposal to reauthorize Section 702. It's the same as the one the House just rejected, and it places no new restrictions on backdoor searches. www.justsecurity.org/137206/johns...