Latest News: New NSA Secrets, Presidential War Making Power, and More
Alarming NSA disclosures continued last week. Faiza Patel joined HuffPost Live to discuss the agency’s ability to breach internet and smartphone encryption technology. Rachel Levinson-Waldman spoke to The Atlantic Wire about the “historic exception to the Fourth Amendment at the border.” Elizabeth Goitein (left) joined RT TV to discuss the previously secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court documents obtained by the ACLU through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The Bully Pulpit and Presidential War Making Power
President Obama addressed the nation Tuesday night to outline his plan in regards to Syria. Michael Waldman joined MSNBC’s “The Cycle” Monday to discuss the strategy behind presidential primetime calls for using force abroad. Watch the video here.
This Week From Andrew Cohen: How the Sequester Precludes Jobs and Hurts the Economy
Brennan Center Fellow Andrew Cohen examines how the sequester is harming the judiciary and the U.S. Economy.
The Brennan Center would like to congratulate Cohen on winning the prestigious 2013 American Gavel Award for Distinguished Reporting about the Judiciary. The American Gavel Award is an annual honor given by the American Judges Association
- Scandal Built for Two – Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
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Featured Event
On September 16th, the Brennan Center will host a conversation on “Enemies Within,” a new book from Pulitzer Prize award-winning journalists Adam Goldman and Matt Apuzzo, which takes an inside look at the New York City Police Department and its controversial Muslim surveillance program. Former FBI Assistant Special Agent Don Borelli will join the discussion, moderated by Faiza Patel. For more information and to RSVP, click here.
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- New York City took to the polls Tuesday, reviving the now antique lever voting machines. Lawrence Norden discussed the nostalgia and problems of using the lever machines with The Wall Street Journal.
- Myrna Pérez joined PBS’s Black Culture Connection to discuss the current state of voting rights in the wake of the March on Washington’s 50th anniversary.
- The Brennan Center submitted testimony Tuesday urging Congress to pass the Federal Judgeship Act of 2013. The bill would create five permanent and one temporary circuit court judgeships, 65 permanent and 20 temporary district court judgeships, and would make permanent eight temporary district court judgeships.
- Cash-strapped cities have begun charging inmates for their prison stays. Lauren-Brooke Eisen joined Washington Post TV to discuss the constitutional and practical issues that surround such pay-to-stay jail programs.
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