Surveillance-curtailing legislation gets privacy group backing

The R Street Institute announced on Tuesday that it added Bryson Bort as a senior fellow for its national security and cybersecurity program. Bort, founder of the companies SCYTHE and GRIMM, is an adviser to the Army Cyber Institute and co-founder of the ICS Village at DEFCON.

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