Table of Contents
Introduction 7
1 Overview: What Is Domestic Surveillance?: Council on Foreign Relations 12
2 The National Security Agency Violates Civil Rights Ted Lieu Joel Anderson 20
3 The National Security Agency Is Acting Within the Law James R. Clapper 23
4 The United States Must Balance Security and Privacy Needs Barack Obama 29
5 Can Congress Oversee the NSA? Zoe Carpenter 43
6 Strong Oversight of Intelligence Gathering Protects Civil Rights Alexander W. Joel 49
7 Americans Can't Find Out Whether the Government Watches Them Marisa Taylor Jonathan Landay 54
8 Domestic Surveillance Has a Chilling Effect on Political Speech John W. Whitehead 60
9 Surveillance Should be Embraced to Create a Transparent Society David Brin 68
10 NSA Spying Undermines Separation of Powers Glenn Harlan Reynolds 75
11 Drones over America: Public Safety Benefit or "Creepy" Privacy Threat? Anna Mulrine 79
12 How Stores Spy on You: ShopSmart 88
13 Domestic Surveillance Is Bad for the US Economy Hugo Miller 95
14 Technology Drives Advances in Domestic Surveillance Steven Kurlander 100
15 The American Public Is Skeptical of Domestic Surveillance: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press 104
Organizations to Contact 110
Bibliography 117
Index 130