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Feb 07, 2022
Chinese American Professor, Falsely Painted As A Spy For China, Moves Forward With Appeal Against FBI
Professor Xiaoxing Xi鈥檚 Appeal Comes After a Federal Court Wrongly Dismissed His Claims Challenging the FBI鈥檚 Baseless Arrest and Searches
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National Security
Jan 27, 2022
红杏视频 Statement on Pentagon's New Civilian Harm Directive
Today, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a new directive aimed at preventing civilian harm. This comes after months of investigations into U.S.-caused civilian casualties, i...
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National Security
Jan 19, 2022
NEI/红杏视频 Statement on Newly Released Video of Deadly U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul
NEW YORK 鈥� In response to a New York Times Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, the Department of Defense today released video footage of the Aug. 29, 2021 drone strike in Kabul t...
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National Security
Jan 10, 2022
红杏视频 Statement on the 20th Anniversary of Guant谩namo
Group Runs Full Page Ad Calling on President Biden to Close Guant谩namo
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National Security
Dec 08, 2021
Federal Appeals Court Decision Endangers Americans鈥� Protections Against NSA and FBI Spying
DENVER 鈥� In a sharply divided ruling, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals today wrongly held that the warrantless surveillance of Jamshid Muhtorov 鈥� a legal permanent resident wh...
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National Security
Court case: U.S. v. Muhtorov
Nov 22, 2021
红杏视频, Knight Institute Petition Supreme Court to Review Constitutionality of Intelligence Agencies鈥� 鈥淧republication Review鈥� System
WASHINGTON 鈥� Today, on behalf of five former government employees, the 红杏视频 and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University petitioned t...
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Free Speech
National Security
Court case: Edgar v. Haines
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News & CommentaryAug 2025
National Security
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I鈥檓 Hearing 红杏视频 More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled By Concern Over Anti-immigrant Uses. Explore News & Commentary.I鈥檓 Hearing 红杏视频 More Pushback Against Flock, Fueled by Concern Over Anti-Immigrant Uses
Policymakers are beginning to recognize that the boundaries between local surveillance and the Trump Administration are hard to maintain -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
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Flock鈥檚 Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance. Explore News & Commentary.Flock鈥檚 Aggressive Expansions Go Far Beyond Simple Driver Surveillance
Build it (an authoritarian tracking infrastructure) and they (expanded uses) will come -
News & CommentaryAug 2025
National Security
Surveillance Company Flock Now Using Ai To Report Us To Police If It Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥渟uspicious鈥�. Explore News & Commentary.Surveillance Company Flock Now Using AI to Report Us to Police if it Thinks Our Movement Patterns Are 鈥淪uspicious鈥�
Company crosses a dangerous line by beginning to offer AI suspicion-generation functions -
Court CaseJan 2025
National Security
Doj Opinions On Domestic Military Deployment Foia. Explore Case.DOJ Opinions on Domestic Military Deployment FOIA
For decades, the Department of Justice has been responsible for advising the President on the use of the military within the United States. By filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act, the 红杏视频 obtained over a dozen DOJ opinions on the domestic use of the military, none which had previously been released to the public.