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Case Disclosed

Devin Nunes and the Chamber of Secrets: Congress's Power of Declassification

March 1, 2018
By Sarah Levine, Simon Brewer

Last week, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HSPCI) released a heavily redacted Democratic staff memorandum about the ongoing Russia investigation. The effort to release the memo created the potential for a constitutional conflict between the President and Congress over who has authority to release information that the executive branch has classified.

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Facebook Bets on Local News

February 14, 2018
By Chris Haugh

On January 29, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg took to Facebook to announce a new media initiative for the social media giant.

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Net Neutrality: What’s at Stake and Why It Matters

January 11, 2018
By Georgia Travers

On December 14, 2017, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to eliminate the robust net neutrality protections put in place by the Obama Administration in 2015.

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ACLU v. NSA: How Greater Transparency Can Reduce the Chilling Effects of Mass Surveillance

December 6, 2017
By Paulina Perlin

In 1981, President Reagan issued Executive Order (E.O.) 12,333, which has since come to serve as a general charter for mass intelligence surveillance.

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