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Baltimore native. DC & Ward 5 resident. Dir. of Litigation & Senior Counsel at @EPICprivacy (davisson@epic.org). Also at https://t.co/z7uwBVeq2V. 🚲
Sep 18, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
BREAKING: The DOJ has released extensive new material from the Mueller Report in a filing from @EPICprivacy & @JasonLeopold's FOIA case.

(Unfortunately for readability, it's listed out of context—no reprocessed version of the actual report just yet.)

epic.org/foia/doj/muell… Image This spreadsheet was initially filed under seal in response to line-by-line questions from Judge Walton, who is reviewing the unredacted report.

The third column over ("Redaction") contains the material that DOJ is no long withholding.
Aug 7, 2020 8 tweets 5 min read
We've posted another batch of records from @EPICprivacy's FOIA case against the National Security Commission on #AI (@AiCommission). A couple of interesting highlights (thread).

epic.org/foia/epic-v-ai… First is a rather eye-popping presentation about using "psychology and AI" to "help prepare an AI-enabled workforce." (As the Commission is quick to note, it came from a third party—not an NSCAI work product.)

epic.org/foia/epic-v-ai…
Jul 16, 2020 18 tweets 8 min read
Thread: There's a remarkable back-and-forth about predictive policing and racial profiling in today’s Fourth Circuit ruling from United States v. Curry.

Opinion here: ca4.uscourts.gov/opinions/18423… Image The en banc court ruled 9-6 that the 4th Amendment’s exigent circumstances doctrine did not permit police to conduct a suspicionless stop/pat-down of defendant Billy Curry, who was simply walking near the scene of a shooting in Richmond. Order suppressing evidence affirmed. ImageImage
Jun 19, 2020 6 tweets 5 min read
BREAKING: DOJ releases new material from the Mueller Report as part of @EPICprivacy & @JasonLeopold's FOIA lawsuits. The disclosure marks the first new release since the Apr 2019 publication of the redacted report.

Vol. 1: justice.gov/storage/report…

Vol. 2: justice.gov/storage/report… The newly disclosed passages pertain to Roger Stone. DOJ claimed that releasing this material would interfere with Stone's trial, but @EPICprivacy & @JasonLeopold recently urged the DOJ to reprocess the report now that trial court proceedings have ended.

epic.org/foia/doj/muell…