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March 31, 2014
Blog

Visiting Nigeria: Tragic Poverty, Pervasive Insecurity Extraordinary Potential
… a business tour of Nigeria. We were met by representatives of the organizer, along with a driver and two national policemen armed with AK‐47s. All of my hotels around the country had metal detectors. High walls and gates manned …
By Doug Bandow
March 2, 2009
Blog

Switzerland Should Stiff-Arm the IRS
… is a remarkably ill‐considered approach to bilateral relations: When Eveline Widmer‐Schlumpf, the Swiss federal councillor in charge of police and justice, meets Eric Holder, US attorney‐general, the final item for discussion – according to her ministry’s press …
By Daniel J. Mitchell
September 12, 2008
Blog

“Law and Order” — YouTube Version
… and limited government should not concede the concept of “law and order” to those who engage in “excessive use of police powers.” Those who actually believe in law and order would hold police and prosecutors, as well as criminal suspects …
By Jim Harper
December 12, 2007
Blog

Changes in Federal Sentencing
… cocaine. This is a modest step in the right direction. The drug war represents a gross misallocation of limited resources (police, courts, jails) and it should be ended immediately. For Cato work on the drug war, go here. For Cato …
By Tim Lynch
December 14, 2006
Blog

Prosecutors Subpoena ACLU
… most mysterious institution in the American criminal justice system. While most people are generally familiar with the function of the police officer, the prosecutor, the defense lawyer, the judge, and the trial jury, few have any idea about what the …
By Tim Lynch
August 29, 2006
Blog

New Botched Drug Raids in NYC
… But the department is defending its actions. Flexton Young said he, his wife, and their four children were asleep when police broke down the door of their apartment on the fourth floor of 974 Anderson Ave. “They ripped through my …
By Radley Balko
December 14, 2016
Events

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference - Dialogue: The State Of Surveillance and Closing Remarks
… more firmly entrenched. Meanwhile, the advanced spying technologies once limited to intelligence agencies have been gradually trickling down to local police departments. From the high‐profile tussle between Apple and the FBI over smartphone encryption to debates over how to …
Featuring Charlie Savage, Jennifer Granick, Alexander W. Joel, & Marc Zwillinger
December 14, 2016
Events

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference - Flash Talks – Surveillance In A Borderless World
… more firmly entrenched. Meanwhile, the advanced spying technologies once limited to intelligence agencies have been gradually trickling down to local police departments. From the high‐profile tussle between Apple and the FBI over smartphone encryption to debates over how to …
Featuring Alan Butler and Jennifer Daskal
December 14, 2016
Events

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference - Flash Talks – Local Surveillance
… more firmly entrenched. Meanwhile, the advanced spying technologies once limited to intelligence agencies have been gradually trickling down to local police departments. From the high‐profile tussle between Apple and the FBI over smartphone encryption to debates over how to …
Featuring Jake Laperruque and Rachel Levinson-Waldman
December 14, 2016
Events

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference - Panel – Countering Violent Extremism
… more firmly entrenched. Meanwhile, the advanced spying technologies once limited to intelligence agencies have been gradually trickling down to local police departments. From the high‐profile tussle between Apple and the FBI over smartphone encryption to debates over how to …
Featuring Patrick G. Eddington, Mike German, Maya Berry, Sharia Mayfield, Luther Reynolds, & Arjun Singh Sethi
December 14, 2016
Events

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference - Flash Talks – Watching The Watchers
… more firmly entrenched. Meanwhile, the advanced spying technologies once limited to intelligence agencies have been gradually trickling down to local police departments. From the high‐profile tussle between Apple and the FBI over smartphone encryption to debates over how to …
Featuring Nathan Leamer and Mieke Eoyang
December 14, 2016
Events

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference - Lunch Keynote – Surveillance Of Communities Of Color
… more firmly entrenched. Meanwhile, the advanced spying technologies once limited to intelligence agencies have been gradually trickling down to local police departments. From the high‐profile tussle between Apple and the FBI over smartphone encryption to debates over how to …
Featuring Wade Henderson
December 14, 2016
Events

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference - Panel – Government Hacking
… more firmly entrenched. Meanwhile, the advanced spying technologies once limited to intelligence agencies have been gradually trickling down to local police departments. From the high‐profile tussle between Apple and the FBI over smartphone encryption to debates over how to …
Featuring Ellen Nakashima, Amie Stepanovich, Kevin Bankston, Matt Blaze, & Richard Downing
December 14, 2016
Conference

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference
… SURVEILLANCE Download the Video of the EventDownload the Podcast of the Event Ways to Use and Misuse Facial Recognition With Police Body CamerasJake Laperruque, Privacy Fellow, Constitution Project How Police Monitor Social MediaRachel Levinson‐Waldman, Senior Counsel, Brennan Center for …
December 14, 2016
Events

The 2016 Cato Surveillance Conference - Panel - Intelligence Under A Trump Administration
… more firmly entrenched. Meanwhile, the advanced spying technologies once limited to intelligence agencies have been gradually trickling down to local police departments. From the high‐profile tussle between Apple and the FBI over smartphone encryption to debates over how to …
Featuring Julian Sanchez, Shane Harris, Susan Hennessey, Timothy Edgar, Carrie Cordero, & Matthew Olsen