The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog: Presidential Wiretapping: Disaggregating the Issues

The University of Chicago Law School Faculty Blog: Presidential Wiretapping: Disaggregating the Issues: "Presidential Wiretapping: Disaggregating the Issues

The legal questions raised by President Bush's wiretapping seem to me complex, not simple. Here is a rough guide: (1) Did the AUMF authorize his action? (2) If not, does the Constitution give the President inherent authority to do what he did? (3) If the answer to (1) or (2) is yes, does his action violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)? (4) If the answer to (3) is yes, is FISA constitutional, or is it inconsistent with the President's inherent authority? (5) If the answer to (1) or (2) is yes, does the wiretapping nonetheless violate the Fourth Amendment?

I have already suggested that it is plausible to give a 'yes' answer to (1), certainly if we do not consider the effect of FISA. "

Wired 13.12: Reinventing 911

Wired 13.12: Reinventing 911: "If national safety - the ability to respond to hurricanes, terrorist attacks, earthquakes - depends on the execution of explicit plans, on soldierly obedience, and on showy security drills, then a decentralized security scheme is useless. But if it depends on improvised reactions to unknown threats, that's a different story. A deeply textured, unmapped system is hard to bring down. A system that encourages improvisation is quick to recover. Ubiquitous networks of warning may constitute our own asymmetrical advantage, and, like the terrorist networks that occasionally carry out spectacular attacks, their power remains obscure until they're called into action."

Screenshots...: Human Rights... the current currency

Jeff Ooi from Malayasia blogged the HR-Berkman meeting--even if he doesn't update his flickr site, its interetsting.

Screenshots...: Human Rights... the current currency: "I am blogging live from the Frontline Club in Central London now (four wifi acess points, wow!).

The event is themed Human Rights, (Internet) Filtering, and Blogging. It's organised by several reputable entities:

* OpenNet Initiative (a collaboration between University of Toronto, Cambridge University and Harvard University)

* Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School

* Human Rights Watch

* MacArthur Foundation"