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Did the government reveal the presence of US military advisors in Somalia in order to beat the Guardian or some other Snowden outlet to the punch?
Earlier today, Jack posted about the likelihood that th...
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Chapter VII of the Review Group report is, for the most part, vaporous.
It deals with, as its title puts it, "Global Communications Technology: Promoting Prosperity, Security, and Openness in a Networke...
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The Washington Post reports that Senator Paul “plans to introduce legislation to repeal the use-of-force resolution that paved the way for the Iraq war,” and notes that President Obama supports the repea...
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President Obama seems to be getting closer to announcing reforms to the NSA. There have been months of discussions in and out of the White House regarding reforms to the intelligence agency. Yesterday, t...
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One hears that the worst of the Snowden documents (from the perspective of the USG) have not yet been released, and one wonders what that might mean. Yesterday’s story that “most of the documents he too...
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FBI Director Jim Comey spoke out today against the Review Group recommendations for judicial review of national security letters, reports the New York Times:
James B.
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I have a suggestion for solving nearly all of NSA’s problems: A click-through agreement.
A peculiarity of the NSA data collection controversy is that the US public, we are told, is outraged by NSA activ...
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On Monday, the Departments of Justice and State filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit urging affirmance of a district court's dismissal of an ATS/TVPA lawsuit filed against former Mexican President...
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Chapter VI of the Review Group Report deals with proposed organizational changes at NSA, in the executive branch more broadly, and in the FISA court system. These changes are a pretty mixed bag. Some see...
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The detainee in question is Mahmud Abd Al Aziz Al Mujahid.
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On December 19, my Brookings colleague Michael O'Hanlon hosted a remarkable event featuring General Stanley McChrystal (Ret.) and Kristina Talbert-Slagle of the Yale Global Health Research Institute disc...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accepted President Obama’s invitation to come to the States. Although a date has yet to be confirmed, the meeting serves as a clear indicator of an attempt to mend an ...
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Unless you've been hiding under a rock or are in an undisclosed location, you've likely heard about former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates's soon-to-be-published memoir, Duty. Don't miss Dr.
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Benjamin Wittes, in his post Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part IV, questioned Recommendation #14 of the Report and Recommendations of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Commu...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is currently holding a hearing regarding several of President Obama's nominations, which include that of John Carlin, nominated for the position of Assistant Attorney Gener...
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Two more developments in Aamer v. Obama, the force-feeding case on appeal before the D.C. Circuit.
On December 30, the government filed its opposition to the detainees' motion for an order directing the...
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In spite of the weather, the Senate had enough senators present on Monday evening to confirm Janet Yellen as the new Chairman of the Federal Reserve.
Colleen LaRose, a.k.a. "Jihad Jane," was sentenced t...
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Robin Simcox of the Henry Jackson Society in Britain writes in with the following thoughts on the difficulties of prosecuting terrorist suspects, a subject which he covered in this recent report:
Preside...
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Two important releases showed up on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Tumblr on Friday.
First, the General Counsel for the ODNI, Bob Litt, responded to the New York Times Edward Snow...
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This must read exerpt from John Rizzo's forthcoming book bears the provocative title, "I Could Have Stopped Waterboarding Before It Happened." It's a fascinating insider account from the 30-year veteran...
