[net-gold] Secrecy News -- 07/10/12
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- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 06:45:04 -0400 (EDT)
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Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:16:45 -0400
From: Steven Aftergood <saftergood@xxxxxxx>
To: saftergood@xxxxxxx
Subject: Secrecy News -- 07/10/12
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SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2012, Issue No. 65 July
10, 2012
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Secrecy News Blog:
http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/
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** A NEW JUDGE FOR THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
** A CONVENTION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION, AND MORE FROM CRS
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A NEW JUDGE FOR THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE COURT
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Judge Raymond J. Dearie of the Eastern District of New York was appointed to
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court on July 2 by the Chief Justice
of the United States.
https://www.nyed.uscourts.gov/content/judge-raymond-j-dearie
The 11-member FIS Court rules on applications for domestic intelligence
surveillance and physical search under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance
Court. Judge Dearie replaces Judge Malcolm Howard whose seven-year term
expired on May 18, 2012.
Judge Dearie's appointment last week was confirmed today by Sheldon L.
Snook, a spokesman for the Court. The current membership of the FIS Court
may be found here:
http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/court2012.html
Judge Dearie was nominated to the federal bench by President Reagan in
February 1986. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has played a role
in at least one case presided over by Judge Dearie, namely that of
Najibullah Zazi. In 2009, prosecutors in that case gave notice of their
intent to use evidence obtained through FISA surveillance.
http://cryptome.org/zazi/zazi-naji-edny-007.pdf
In the event, Zazi pled guilty in 2010 to multiple charges of conspiracy and
support for a terrorist organization.
A CONVENTION TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION, AND MORE FROM CRS
Article V of the U.S. Constitution prescribes two ways by which the
Constitution can be amended: Either Congress may propose amendments for
ratification by the states, or else a majority of state legislatures may ask
Congress to call a convention for considering amendments.
A new report by the Congressional Research Service examines the possibility
of a convention to amend the Constitution. That option has never been used
in practice but, CRS says, it could become newly appealing under present
circumstances.
"Various contemporary developments could contribute to a renewal of
congressional interest in the Article V Convention alternative," the new CRS
report said. "The emergence of Internet and social media-driven public
policy and issue campaigns has combined with renewed interest in specific
constitutional amendments, and the Article V Convention procedure in
general, as a means of bypassing perceived policy deadlock at the federal
level."
However, "The Constitution provides only a brief description of the Article
V Convention process, leaving many details that would need to be considered
if a convention were to become a serious prospect."
A copy of the new CRS report was obtained by Secrecy News. See "The Article
V Convention to Propose Constitutional Amendments: Contemporary Issues for
Congress," July 9, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42589.pdf
Other new and updated CRS reports that have not been approved by Congress
for broad public access include the following.
Health Care: Constitutional Rights and Legislative Powers, July 9, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40846.pdf
U.S. Postal Service: Background and Analysis of H.R. 2309 and S.1789 in the
112th Congress, July 9, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42590.pdf
Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles:
Background and Issues, July 6, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/nuke/R41464.pdf
Criminal Prohibitions on the Publication of Classified Defense Information,
June 26, 2012:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/secrecy/R41404.pdf
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