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November 16, 2016

Privacy
Live Now: Privacy and Data in the Age of Surveillance

The Council on Foreign Relations is holding a half-day, multi-session symposium to bring together leading policymakers and experts for candid analysis of online privacy, with a particular focus on th…

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September 20, 2014

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Surveillance in Egypt, Inside ISIS, and Peace in Libya

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports on the mysteries surrounding Egypt’s new surveillance system. Rozh Ahmad interviews a former member of ISIS. Thalia Beaty evaluates the efforts of the United N…

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December 5, 2005

Saudi Arabia
IMF ignores exchange rate surveillance

For Saudi Arabia. Just how is the continuation of Saudi Arabia's dollar peg consistent with the IMF's long-term expectations for oil prices ($40-55 a barrel?) and the dollar (tend to depreciate ov…

October 5, 2012

United States
You Might Have Missed: Iran, Drones, and U.S. Government Surveillance

Bill Sizemore, “Ex-Defense Chief Says Hit on Iran Would Be Disastrous,” The Virginian-Pilot, October 4, 2012. Neither the United States nor Israel is capable of wiping out Iran’s nuclear capability,…

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May 11, 2015

Intelligence
The Messages the Federal Court of Appeals Sent to Congress and the Executive Branch on Metadata Surveillance

Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act does not authorize the NSA’s telephone metadata surveillance program. Since Edward Snowden disclosed it in June 2013, the …

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