Resolution resolved: The United States federal government should substantially curtail its domestic surveillance. Violations

Presidential commission proposed substantially curtailing surveillance

Koonce 13 Lance Koonce, attorney on December 20, 2013 Privacy & Security Law Blog The Twelve Days of Surveillance http://www.privsecblog.com/2013/12/articles/cyber-national-security/the-twelve-days-of-surveillance/

But let’s end on a positive note. The recent pivot by major technology companies to begin putting public pressure on the US government to change its surveillance programs, the holding by a federal judge the bulk collection of telephone metadata is likely unconstitutional, and the recommendations by a presidential task force to substantially curtail the NSA surveillance programs, may indicate that the tide is turning. Let’s see what the New Year brings.