Available here. This report is Attorney General Eric Holder's response to President Obama's order of a review of departmental policies with respect to the media.

Last Friday afternoon, while many people were enjoying a long July 4th weekend, the Obama Administration quietly filed a remarkably strong amicus brief  urging the Supreme Court to reverse the Ninth Circ...

Readers will recall Monday's order by District Court Judge Gladys Kessler dismissing, on jurisdictional grounds, one of four GTMO detainees' motions for an injunction to stop force feeding.

CNN is reporting that Janet Napolitano has announced that she will leave the Department of Homeland Security in September to become President of the University of California system.  My speculation on re...

As I promised yesterday I would, I go back to the Egyptian Museum this morning. In the old days---the days when Egypt was a repressive but stable police state---as many as 10,000 people would come throu...

Imagine for a moment that the extended network around Lawfare were a terrorist organization. And imagine as welll that the NSA or the FBI wanted to use their now-very-public metadata analysis programs to...

You've probable already heard the news. But here's the video: From NBS News:

The X-47B drone made history Wednesday as the first robot to land itself on the moving flight deck of an aircraf...

A friend of mine at the Homeland Security Institute recently called my attention to this fascinating article in the Atlantic.  The article reveals nascent plans by CBP and the Border Patrol to equip dome...

Speaking of military commissions,  when was the last time you looked at the Office of Military Commissions court calendar?

Get it here. My personal prediction: The only chance the government has of prevailing before the court is if the judges conclude that Ali Hamza Al Bahlul has not willingly filed an appeal. The government...

I've been waiting for a while for a detainee to make this argument: The transfer provisions of the NDAA violate the Commander in Chief clause.

An Irish court rules on the subject---in response to U.S. requests for extradition help. The opinion is actually an interesting window into U.S. efforts to get countries to impede Snowden's travel. Botto...

This strikes me as a big deal---a big shift in public attitudes on civil liberties and counter-terrorism. A new Quinnipiac poll shows a majority of Americans describing Edward Snowden as a whistle-blower...

On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia and the UAE showed their support for the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood President Mohamed Morsi, and the army's new grip on power, by presenting Egypt with eight billion dollars in...

Wells blogged on Monday about EPIC's new original filing in the Supreme Court, seeking mandamus, prohibition, or certiorari from the Justices to review Judge Vinson's now-leaked FISA Court order with reg...

It's the first morning of Ramadan---a little after 5:30. For the first time I can remember, I hear birds in Cairo, loud chattering ones that persist despite the city's inhospitality to wildlife. I am se...