The Ethics of Mass Surveillance

The Ethics (or not) of Massive Government Surveillance

The Ethics of Intelligence Collection (Speech)

The Ethics of Intelligence Collection: Address to the Annual Conference of the New Zealand Institute of Intelligence Professionals, July 15, 2015

Spying, the Law, and Hypocrisy

Spying, the law, and hypocrisy
by Matthew Heiman, The Hill, July 31, 2015

 

Should the US engage in espionage for economic gain? - CSMonitor.com

Should the US engage in espionage for economic gain?

APA Report on Psychologists and Interrogation

Report to the Special Committee Of the Board of Directors of the American Psychological Association: Independent Review Relating to Ethics Guidelines, National Security Interrogations, and Torture,  July 2, 2015

Are There Alternatives to Bulk Collection?

Bulk Collection of Signals Intelligence: Technical Options (2015)

"The Bulk Collection of Signals Intelligence: Technical Options study is a result of an activity called for in Presidential Policy Directive 28, issued by President Obama in January 2014, to evaluate U.S. signals intelligence practices. The directive instructed the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to produce a report within one year "assessing the feasibility of creating software that would allow the intelligence community more easily to conduct targeted information acquisition rather than bulk collection." ODNI asked the National Research Council (NRC) -- the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering -- to conduct a study, which began in June 2014, to assist in preparing a response to the President. Over the ensuing months, a committee of experts appointed by the Research Council produced the report."

Exploring Ethics in Intelligence and the Role of Leadership

Exploring Ethics in Intelligence and the Role of Leadership, John Coyne, Dr. Peter Bell, and Shannon Merrington, International Journal of Business and Commerce, Vol. 2, no. 10, Jun 2013, pgs 27-37.

New Human Rights Watch Report on U.S. Surveillance

With Liberty to Monitor All: How Large-Scale US Surveillance is Harming Journalism, Law, and American Democracy (July 28, 2014)

Why Does America Continue to Spy on Germany?

Spies Unlike Us, Jochen Bittner, Contributing Opinion Writer and a Political Editor for Die Zeit.

The United States and Human Rights Treaties: Do They Apply to U.S. Actions Overseas?

U.S. Seems Unlikely to Accept That Rights Treaty Applies to Its Actions Abroad, Charles Savage, New York Times, March 6, 2014