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Civil Liberties Reports

• Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board — Report on the Surveillance Program Operated Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, July 2, 2014
• Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT ACT and on the Operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, January 23, 2014

Civil Liberties and Privacy Core Documents

• The Constitution of the United States
• United States Bill of Rights
• Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Title I of Public Law 108-458; 118 Stat. 3688)
• Public Law 110-53 — Aug. 3, 2007 — Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
• 42 U.S.C.A. 2000ee-1 Privacy and Civil Liberties Officers
• 42 U.S.C.A. 2000ee-2 Privacy and Data Protection Procedures
• Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-28
• Remarks by the President on Review of Signals Intelligence
• DoD Instruction 1000.29 - DoD Civil Liberties Program
• Liberty and Security in a Changing World — Report and Recommendations of The President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies
• Fair Information Practice Principles
• Civil Liberties and Privacy Guidance for Intelligence Community Professionals
• ODNI Statistical Transparency Report Regarding use of National Security Authorities Annual Statistics for Calendar Year 2013
• Facts on the Collection of Intelligence Pursuant to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Other Materials

• Remarks by CLPO Director Rebecca Richards before European Member States Data PRotection Authorities, 20 Nov. 2014
• Remarks by CLPO Director Rebecca Richards at the 12 Nov. 2014 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board forum, "Defining Privacy"
• Department of Defense Procedures Governing the Activities of DoD Intelligence Components that Affect United States Persons, DoD 5240 1-R Dec. 1982 (excerpts)
• Department of Defense Supplemental Procedures Governing Communications Metadata Analysis
• DNI 2014 National Intelligence Strategy
• United States Signals Intelligence Directive - Legal Compliance and US Persons Minimization Procedures (USSID SP0018)

Partners and External Links

• IC On The Record
• Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
• DoD Defense Privacy and Civil Liberties Office
• ODNI Civil Liberties and Privacy Office
• NSA Inspector General
• Freedom of Information/Privacy Act (FOIA/PA)
• Declassification and Transparency