The Caspar Bowden panel on intelligence and democracy ...
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Panel documents specific programs and failures: massive fiber taps feed content and metadata into keyword searches so vast that bulk collection buries analysts and prevents predicting attacks; analysts resort to parallel construction and non‑disclosure to prosecutors; architecture aims to map physical and logical networks into people and devices—treasure map aims to track 4 billion devices—while oversight gaps, secretive culture, and contested legal exemptions produce routine secrecy rather than effective democratic control.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 0:16Paul De Hert VUB-LSTS (BE)
- 3:22Giovanni Buttarelli EDPS (EU)
- 9:53William Binney Former NSA (US)
- 17:53Paul Nemitz European Commission (EU)
- 26:06Robert Litt ODNI (US)
- 35:26Wouter De Ridder Standing Intelligence Agencies Review Committee (BE)
- 44:36Florence Raynal Article 29 Working Party (EU)
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