“Recently, governments have shifted their talking points from claiming they only use mass…”

“Recently, governments have shifted their talking points from claiming they only use mass surveillance for “national security” purposes to the more nebulous “valid foreign intelligence purposes.” I suggest this committee consider that this rhetorical shift is a tacit acknowledgment by governments that they recognize they have crossed beyond the boundaries…

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US-VISIT program might be shifted to ICE and CBP

Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector:  border_security Buying itself some time while the Congress decides if it wants to shift the US-VISIT program jointly to ICE and CBP, the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate (which currently runs US-VISIT) is planning to extend the support contract of one Rockville, MD-based vendor…

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