Jake Laperruque

@jakelaperruque

Center for Democracy & Technology Deputy Director on Surveillance, privacy and 4th Amendment expert Focused on tech, privacy, and surveillance: AI, FISA, facial recognition, location tracking, drones (Also cooking, movies, and baseball)

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Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· 26d

Margaret Thatcher displaying show of English force as it deals a crushing blow against Argentina, 1982

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· 28d

On a general note, the notion that you need a top-tier salary in baseball to win or that big spending guarantees success is definitely not true. Lots of top-tier salary teams flop, and mid-tier salary teams often succeed. But it's incredibly rare for any team in the bottom 3rd to contend:

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jul 12

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jul 1

This is .... quite the way to describe John Yoo

NYT article text:

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote his majority opinion based on the 14th Amendment, reflecting a desire, some legal scholars said, to definitively put to rest the debate around birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment states: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”

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“I think this issue has been settled for another 100 years,” said John Yoo, a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who was a top Justice Department lawyer during the George W. Bush administration.

Chief Justice Roberts’s opinion, Professor Yoo said, “is very confident and declaratory about the meaning of the 14th Amendment.” It was a sign, he said, that affirming the principle of birthright citizenship for almost everyone was “never in doubt.”

Still, Professor Yoo and other scholars said, there is also no question that what was once thought of as an unorthodox legal theory had become more popular among conservative legal scholars, driven partly by new research on the history of the 14th Amendment.

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jul 1

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 22

Antifa Algae: protesters including "Amphifa" person in blow up inflatable costume stand in front of Reflecting Pool mocking all the algae)

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 17

Homelander chastising the team meme, with flags for Spain, Brazil, and Portugal in front of the characters he is criticizing then France in front of Black Noir, who he says is doing great

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 17

Feels more right every year

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 12

Image from the film WALL-E with a bajillion satellites in orbit over a dead, junk filled Earth

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 11

Circular infographic titled "Iran War Doom Loop" showing a five-step cycle: (1) Trump, appearing angry, threatens a major attack because the war won't end; (2) stock market ticker displays sharp losses, captioned "Iran doesn't give up, ongoing war further tanks the economy"; (3) Trump, appearing surprised, says there's no need for bombing because a Great Deal is close; (4) stock market ticker displays sharp gains, captioned "Stock market rises on news of an imminent deal and end to war"; (5) an image of the Iranian flag, captioned "Iran has no interest in agreeing to deal" — which loops back to step one. Red text at the bottom reads "You are here!" pointing to step four.

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 11

Life coming at you fast

Tweet from two days ago, news reporter quotes Speaker Johnson saying House will not go home until it resolves FISA

Tweet from news reporter today, Speaker Johnson says “what would be the point” of having House stay in session to deal with FISA

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 10

President Trump now calling for a short term extension, asking Congress to kick the can for the third time in less than 3 months and keep warrantless surveillance active for the time Bill Pulte is running ODNI. There's a clear way out of this mess, and this certainly is not it.

President Trump Truth social post:

Just like they did on Border Funding, the Radical Left Dumocrats are trying to take our National Security hostage because of unrelated issues. They should stop playing politics with the safety of our Great Country.

I have named William Pulte to be Acting Director of National Intelligence, who will take over on June 19th, and have asked him to execute the immediate and needed downsizing of the office, reverting staff to their home agencies. At the same time, I am looking for a permanent ODNI Nominee with experience in National Security.

FISA 702 is very important to our Military, and keeping the American People safe, especially during the World Cup and America250 Celebrations. If nothing is done, this important Law will expire this week. I am asking Congress to send me a short-term extension of FISA to provide time for the selection and confirmation of a permanent Head of the Agency. I would like to thank Director Pulte for his time and commitment. President DONALD J. TRUMP

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 9

Department of Justice, in response to Cato Institute FOIA suit for materials on compliance problems and misuse of FISA 702, says it has 39,650 responsive documents and will provide them just a little over THIRTEEN YEARS

Scanned pages 2 and 3 of a three-page joint status report filed in U.S. District Court, Case 1:24-cv-02839-RBW, on June 4, 2026. Page 2 contains paragraph 6, highlighted in yellow, which reads that since the last Joint Status Report on May 4, 2026, the FBI has identified approximately 39,650 potentially responsive pages; that the plaintiff has asked whether the count is deduplicated; and that the FBI anticipates its first monthly release of approximately 128 pages on August 15, 2026, followed by 250 pages per month. Page 3 continues the paragraph, noting the parties will confer to reduce the scope of records and report back. Paragraph 7 proposes filing another Joint Status Report in 90 days. The filing is dated June 4, 2026, Washington, DC, and signed by plaintiff’s attorneys at Loevy & Loevy in Chicago and by government attorneys from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Jun 5

147 points per game seems low tbh www.82-0.com

82-0 matchup perfect score, team is Steph Curry, Allen Iverson, Michael Jordan, Jimmy Butler, and Wilt Chamberlain

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· May 29

Tesla is flailing on EVs and rapidly losing out to foreign competitors, getting left in the dust by Waymo on autonomous vehicles, and Musk’s AI is bottom of barrel. Stock market does not seem to care!

Tesla stock chart showing 24% growth over past year

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· May 28

How are things going over at the Washington Post

Washington Post article headline reading “Did Trump pick the right blue for the Reflecting Pool? We asked a pool guy.” with a subheadline about Old Glory Blue, American Flag Blue, and a federal judge considering “aesthetic injury” in the president’s latest decorating decision. Published today at 5:00 a.m. ET.

article text describing the contradictory cultural associations of the color blue — injury and bruising, authority, masculinity, depression, tranquility, cleanliness, cold, and winning first prize

article text quoting Ferrigan suggesting Trump may be using color terminology loosely, and Marc Walton, a University of Hong Kong museum studies professor and expert on the history of blue, calling “Old Glory Blue” a marketing term

article text explaining that a dark pool liner makes water appear more mirror-like, according to Steve Goodale (“Swimming Pool Steve”), a Canadian pool expert, who says the Reflecting Pool won’t look like a typical swimming pool.

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· May 20

Ken from the Barbie movie: "Becaue actually, my job ... is just beach."

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· May 20

Even when the concept wasn’t a surprise to me seeing this recent chart from @bbkogan.bsky.social floored me in terms of just how stark and strong the impact from the major tax cuts is

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· May 11

Bad AI slop blue reflecting pool picture with Windows Blue Screen of Death added

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· May 7

Warrantless searches of electronic devices at the border continuously increased since President Trump returned to office, jumping 35% total since the end of 2024. Check out more info on the dangers of the border search exception at: cdt.org/insights/the...

Data graph on number of warrantless border
searches of electronic devices by quarter. Number for final quarter of 2024: 12092; number for most recent quarter: 16266. Full data available at:
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/cbp-search-authority/border-search-electronic-devices

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 27

Good morning from SCOTUS! We’ve got the Chatrie case on geofence warrants coming up at 10am This case is set to have major ramifications to shape Fourth Amendment law and privacy rights for location tracking, seizure of app data, and reverse warrants Read more about it here: cdt.org/insights/a-f...

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 24

Hope you’re having an amazing top. Top gelato in the city IMHO: maps.app.goo.gl/47f4EgR7dQXb...

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 24

Even as they try to spin the latest FISA extension from Speaker Johnson as a "reasonable compromise," surveillance hawks can't help but admit that it actually doesn't do anything to improve the law! (latest from @ericm.cd @npr.org: www.npr.org/2026/04/24/n...)

Article text:
Glenn Gerstell, who served as general counsel at the National Security Agency during the Obama and first Trump administration, says Johnson's reforms look like an attempt to find a middle ground.

"There's not a lot of really substantive changes to the statute, but some gestures are made to people who are worried about privacy and civil liberties," Gerstell said. "It seems like a pretty reasonable compromise that is going to be satisfactory to the national security agencies and yet at the same time represents some gesture to the privacy advocates."

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 17

Last night a bipartisan group of privacy advocates held strong and blocked a sneaky midnight effort to extend warrantless FISA surveillance for 5 years The most succinct summary I can give of the proposal that Speaker Johnson tried (and failed) to get the House to vote for:

Nathan Fielder Dumb Starbucks meme, but edited for warrants:
"Dumb WARRANT. It's like a WARRANT, but it's dumb."

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 16

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Tweet from poitical reporter Meredith Lee Hill

New: House GOP leaders are pushing back the 3:15pm FISA rule vote indefinitely at this point, as they scramble for a plan and talks continue. No deal yet.

House in recess until Rs have a FISA agreement. Hope is a vote still later tonight - or overnight.

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 16

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Tweet from political reporter Jake Sherman:

NO FISA PLAN YET —

Just spoke with @SpeakerJohnson

“We’re gonna have a conclusion on that here shortly. We're working through a couple remaining issues.”

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 15

We call this the "Chicken Little SCIF" It's where they send Members to tell them the sky will fall unless you vote the way the Speaker and White House tell you

Tweet from political reporter Jake Sherman:
"They’ve made a temporary SCIF in an office near the House floor so the leadership can whip votes on FISA."

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 15

Trump calls for Congress to pass FISA 702 warrantless surveillance without any new reforms or safeguards, and explicitly admits that doing so means giving up your rights.

Screencap of Trump Truth Social post:

I am working very hard with our Great Speaker, Mike Johnson, along with Chairman Jim Jordan and Chairman Rick Crawford, to get a clean extension of FISA 702 through the House of Representatives this week. I am asking Republicans to UNIFY, and vote together on the test vote to bring a clean Bill to the floor. We need to stick together when this Bill comes before the House Rules Committee today to keep it CLEAN!

When the Dirty Cop, James Comey, the failed Head of the FBI went after me, he was using FISA Title I, the Domestic Collection, not FISA 702, the Foreign Collection, which needs to be extended today. While parts of FISA were illegally and unfortunately used against me in the Democrats’ disgraceful Witch Hunt and Attack in the RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA Hoax, and perhaps would be used against me in the future, I am willing to risk the giving up of my Rights and Privileges as a Citizen for our Great Military and Country! Our Military Patriots desperately need FISA 702, and it is one of the reasons we have had such tremendous SUCCESS on

Shrek "Some of you may die. But it's a sacrifice I am willing to make." meme

Jake Laperruque@jakelaperruque· Apr 14

Now roaming in front of the Capitol as Congress prepares to vote on FISA “These are my two children and we need warrantless ai backed surveillance to survive”