AI Cyber Lunch: "Section 702 and You: Who Is the NSA Watching?"

Name: AI Cyber Lunch: "Section 702 and You: Who Is the NSA Watching?"
Start: 2024-02-07T12:00:00-0500
End: 2024-02-07T13:00:00-0500

Open to the Public

Please join the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program for an AI Cyber Lunch featuring Internet pioneer Scott Bradner. In a talk entitled "Section 702 and You: Who Is the NSA Watching?" Bradner will turn a critical eye on the provision of the 2008 FISA Amendments Act that permits the government to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign persons located outside the United States. Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. All are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link.

Recording: Please be advised that this seminar will not be recorded. The event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization.

Accessibility: To request accommodations or for questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Date: Wed, Feb 7, 2024 Time: 12:00pm - 01:00pm Location: Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB

Scott Bradner was involved in the design, operation and use of data networks at Harvard University since the early days of the ARPANET. He was involved in the design of the original Harvard data networks, the Longwood Medical Area network (LMAnet) and New England Academic and Research Network (NEARnet). He was founding chair of the technical committees of LMAnet, NEARnet and the Corporation for Research and Enterprise Network (CoREN).

He retired in 2016 after 50 years in Harvard IT, 25 years involvement in Internet technical standards at the IETF, and more than 20 years involvement in Internet governance with the Internet Society. He served as an expert witness in many patent cases, for the American Library Association in the American Library Association v. U.S. Department of Justice (a.k.a, ACLU v. Reno, Communications Decency Act challenge) and for Wikimedia in the Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency case.