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Jack flagged the morning's stories about a debate within the Obama Administration over ordering a drone strike against another American citizen associated with Al Qaeda.
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The panel's decision in the closely-watched case of Aamer v. Obama was handed down this morning. The majority opinion opens:
TATEL, Circuit Judge: Petitioners Ahmed Belbacha, Abu Dhiab, and Shaker Aame...
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Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller report in the WP that Al-Qaeda’s recent expulsion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has raised questions about whether the AUMF “still applies” to ISIS.
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Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes
Over the past few weeks, several members of congressional intelligence committees have intimated that Edward Snowden might have bee...
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Some thoughts on this morning’s drone strike news (NYT, WSJ).
The NYT says that President Obama’s announcement last May of an intention “to gradually shift drone operations from the C
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One of the policy questions kicked to the DNI in PDD-28 was defining the permissible uses of bulk collection. Thanks to Thomas Earnest over at Just Security, I just noticed that the DNI has now done so.
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This one is a strong competitor. I'm trying to think of other uses for this "precedent" -- no power or water for the Army (by peace activists). Or power for Obamacare servers. I wonder if these State...
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Over at Politico, Josh Gerstein has an interesting piece on the Ali piracy case, and its potential implications for terrorism cases. The article---which quotes Jen Daskal and Cully Stimson, among others...
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Jack earlier flagged the day's lead story, from the AP: another American citizen might be targeted for a drone strike.
How's security looking at the Winter Olympics? The answer appears to hover somewher...
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Kimberly Dozier AP reports this morning that "[a]n American citizen who is a member of al-Qaida is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas, . . .
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Editor’s Note: Terrorist groups typically rely on tried and true tactics such as shootings, bombings, and of course suicide attacks. These and a handful of other methods represent the vast majority of te...
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Is it just me or is everyone being infantile about the fact that Russia bugged some US diplomatic communications. The State Department is reaching for the smelling salts because, gasp!, they're spying on...
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The Russian Business Network is active in Sochi. Lookingglass sees significant criminal assets in Sochi and warns against using 4G networks. Not the same as the NBC story -- but still a cautionary note...
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Here is the audio from Monday's event at the Berkman Center at Harvard, "Defending an Unowned Internet." I have edited it slightly for length. The intervention by Tim Berners-Lee, for those interested in...
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As the week began, we found ourselves in the middle of one of our own stories as we persevered through a new round of cyberattacks.
Nevertheless Lawfare continued apace. Ben brought us the next installm...
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As Wells noted last week, there was a significant decision regarding FISA, in the Northern District of Illinois, on January 29th. In the case of United States v. Daoud, Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman order...
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Released today: this quite significant order, containing the district court's findings of fact and conclusions of law in Ibrahim v. Department of Homeland Security---or the "No-Fly List Case" [h/t Wired]...
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This just in from the Post's Ellen Nakashima:
The National Security Agency is collecting less than 30 percent of all Americans’ call records because of an inabilit
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The plans to reform the NSA that President Obama laid out in his speech in January are taking shape.
