Title of the article

Klayman v. Obama Case: Protecting Privacy while Fighting Terrorism

 Authors 

Georgy B. Romanovsky —  Doctor of Law, Professor, Head of the sub-department of Criminal Law, Penza State University, 40 Krasnaya street, Penza, 440026 Russia, up406@mail.ru

 Category 

PUBLIC-LEGAL (STATE-LEGAL) SCIENCES

Year,.Volume, Number 

2021, Vol. 9, № 3 (35)

 Pages 

68-77

 Article type 

Original article

 Index UDK 

342.72

 DOI 

10.21685/2307-9525-2021-9-3-7

 Abstract 

Background. Counterterrorism measures are universal in nature, which
predetermines the relevance of studying foreign legislation and judicial practice in the stated area. The article examines the features of restrictions on the right to privacy in the context of countering terrorism in the United States of America. The main objective is to analyze the procedure for issuing a judicial order for electronic surveillance, as defined by the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. The amendments to this law established by the Patriot Act in 2001 after the terrorist attacks on the towers of the World Trade Center are also detailed. Materials and methods. The empirical basis of the research is made up of court materials on the suit of Larry Klayman versus Obama (the case was considered in the federal courts in the US). The comparative legal research method is used as the main one. Results. In the course of legal proceedings at various level of jurisdiction on the complaint of Larry Klayman (an attorney and human rights activist), the significant gaps in the activity of the American intelligence services were identified. The informational value of this case stemmed from the list of defendants, including senior officials of the American administration, including US President Barack Obama. Conclusions. The gaps identified during the proceedings formed the basis for adopting the Freedom Act in 2015. Thus, the original decision prohibiting the massive collection of metadata on American users was overturned by the appellate court. This made it possible to preserve the general principles of mass collection of data on citizens in order to counter terrorism.

 Keywords 

human rights, privacy, US, countermeasures, terrorism, surveillance program

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Romanovsky G.B. Klayman v. Obama Case: Protecting Privacy while Fighting Terrorism. Elektronnyy nauchnyy zhurnal "Nauka. Obshchestvo. Gosudarstvo" = Electronic scientific journal "Science. Society. State". 2021;9(3):68–77. (In Russ.). doi:10.21685/2307-9525-2021-9-3-7