“Fired” Member of U.S. Privacy Oversight Board Discusses What He Considers at Stake (Justin Hendrix, Just Security)

On Jan. 22, 2025, three Democratic members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)—an intelligence watchdog established in 2004 and charged with monitoring the government’s compliance with procedural safeguards on surveillance activities—were terminated by President Donald Trump. I recently interviewed one of them, and in the transcribed interview below, we discuss the significance for privacy protections, EU-US data transfers, and more.

“Fired” Member of PCLOB Discusses What’s at Stake