Cato Surveillance Week 2026

After a 2025 hiatus, Cato Surveillance Week returns, running October 12-15 at 1pm ET each day and exclusively online. As the screenshot above teases, we're examining multiple slices of the domestic surveillance problem this year and our panel line ups are A-list. You can register for one or all events here.

And if you're wondering if I'll talk about Cato as a surveillance target, the answer is yes--your preview of that is my recent commentary on the implications of Judge James Boasberg's decision in Cato's ongoing FOIA case against the FBI.

I hope you'll join us live, but if you have a scheduling conflict, fear not: each event will be recorded and posted online afterwards.

The FBI's Anti-Catholic Memo Was a Symptom. The Cure Won't Touch the Disease.

The Justice Department's fires eight people and calls the matter closed. The authority and mentality that produced the "Richmond Memo" is untouched—and it belongs to this FBI now.

Sleepwalking Into Tyranny

This piece lays out my theories and scenarios on a different kind of midterm election threat--one that doesn't involve armed goons at all.

Section 702’s Lapse: The Sunset That Doesn’t Matter

Under European Union law, the liability risk borne by a U.S.-controlled provider for European data is real, live, and continuous, and it is substantially independent of Section 702’s operational status in a U.S. legal context.

On Dismantling Executive Branch Coercive Power

Three legislative attempts to future-proof the Republic against another Nixon—or another Trump—and why each failed or will fail. Nothing less than a constitutional amendment will do the trick.

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The FBI's Anti-Catholic Memo Was a Symptom. The Cure Won't Touch the Disease.

Sleepwalking Into Tyranny

Section 702’s Lapse: The Sunset That Doesn’t Matter

On Dismantling Executive Branch Coercive Power