The general sense is that with Gerald Solomon’s retirement, a significant obstacle has been removed.

We’re seeing what might be the tip of the iceberg at the FBI and across the intelligence community. It indicates that the existing mechanisms do not appear adequate to prevent abuses or to ensure the...

The number of these lawsuits is exploding.

We’re now at a critical point in this debate, … and the balance could really go either way.

When this kind of power is used in the regular criminal justice system, there are some built-in checks and balances. The intelligence context provides no such protection. That’s the main problem with these kinds of...

The big question is whether the formal parties to a lawsuit can reach an agreement that has the effect of silencing other individuals from speaking and communicating on the Internet.

The Administration has confirmed the existence of the program, but released very little information that sheds light on the key question (of) whether the government is acting illegally.

If you attempt to impose … a credit card and registration model … there will be a substantial loss of readership.

It is appropriate for the federal court to independently decide which documents should be withheld and which should be disclosed.

We will end up in a fight over what of this information can be made public. We welcome that fight because at least it won’t be the unilateral decision of the agency; it will be...

It’s not clear that a Hotmail user whose privacy has been compromised really has any recourse against Microsoft for what might be found to be negligent engineering of this feature,

Where the basis of the request comes from is that the government itself has revealed nothing about these initiatives. The objective here is to move beyond unnamed DOT sources to really make public on an...

The FOIA already contains an exemption, as it has for the last 25 years, that protects confidential business information if the release of the information could create some harm or damage to the submitting company,...

But AOL does not in writing guarantee they’ll provide notice.

There are some very legitimate community concerns that a lot of companies would like to conceal in the name of fighting cyber-terrorism, … It will become too easy to hide behind the shield of critical...

Why wasn’t some moratorium on Carnivore announced? … How can the administration on one hand say they are trying to improve online privacy and also, at the same time, approve the use of technology that...

Everyone involved really needs to look at the proposal and debate what makes sense, … We need to look closely at all of these issues and understand what the impact would be on these servers.

The plaintiff asked for a permanent injunction to affect individuals other than the two defendants who have agreed to this.

I suspect that it is one of the best solutions that we’ve seen,

But they can notify the user so he can question the legitimacy of the subpoena.