Lauren Harper is Freedom of the Press Foundation’s first Daniel Ellsberg Chair on Government Secrecy.
The Trump administration is on its way to creating every authoritarian’s dream: a centralized database containing intimate details about every resident of this country, fully searchable by artificial intelligence. This powerful tool would empower the government to conduct previously unimagined lev...
The strongest version of this narrative highlights a legitimate and urgent concern: the erosion of privacy protections under the guise of efficiency, with tangible evidence of expanded data-sharing between agencies. The article effectively documents specific instances where sensitive information has been accessed by entities like ICE and the CIA, raising valid questions about surveillance overreach. The call for transparency via FOIA litigation is a principled stance, reinforcing the role of wat...