Tom Bowman serves as Policy Counsel with CDT’s Security & Surveillance Project, where he focuses on encryption, commercial spyware, reproductive and gender-affirming care, and law enforcement use of surveillance technologies. He represents CDT in numerous coalitions, including the Steering Committee of the Global Encryption Coalition, the Immigrant Surveillance Working Group, the Police Tech Working Group, and the Repro+Surveillance Privacy Hub.
Prior to joining CDT, Tom worked as an assistant public defender at the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, where he represented clients facing misdemeanor and felony charges. He also interned at the Federal Public Defender for the District of Alaska. Earlier in his career, Tom taught English in Bulgaria.
Tom earned his B.S. in International Relations from the University of Iowa and his J.D. from NYU School of Law.
British Public Oppose Secret Surveillance Powers and Want Strong Protections for Encrypted Communications
CDT released nationally representative polling data revealing that a the British public are broadly concerned about the security, privacy, and free speech consequences of allowing law enforcement to access encrypted communications.
Changing Course to Get It Right: The Advisory Committee Reviews Its AI Evidence Rule
CDT is keeping a close eye on Proposed Federal Rule of Evidence 707, which would govern when AI-generated information can be admitted as evidence in federal court — and many state courts where the federal rules are routinely adopted — without a human expert to explain it.
