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The Office of the Director of National Intelligence is hosting an "online, interactive" Q&A today with Rebecca Richards, the NSA's point person for civil liberties and privacy. Users can submit their que...
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I missed yesterday's intriguing little report from Jack Nicas and Andy Pasztor, which opens:
Highly anticipated federal rules on commercial drones are expected to require operators to have a license and ...
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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel will step down from his post, according to the New York Times. Hagel will do so "under pressure" from the administration, but the exact reasons are still unclear. Per the...
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Last week, the New York Times's Charlie Savage had what seems to me a pretty big, if under-discussed, scoop---or perhaps we should say that he channelled to the public a pretty big scoop by former Senate...
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Helene Cooper of the New York Times has the scoop today. There is still speculation as to why Hagel is being forced out -- stay tuned for more news.
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Sometimes metaphors are subtle ...
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Senator Paul has proposed a declaration of war and authorization of force against the Islamic State. A few reflections, drawn in part from an article I wrote a decade ago with Curtis Bradley:
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I’ve been wrestling with an idea on electronic surveillance reform, and when I recently consulted with Benjamin Wittes about it, he encouraged me to post here and seek the feedback of Lawfare’s readershi...
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As a supporter of comprehensive immigration reform and director of Roger Williams Law School’s Immigration Clinic, I know the high stakes in the current debate about President Obama’s executive action. I...
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Editor’s Note: Political groups representing ethnic, religious, or other minorities have a range of options for how to engage with the state, from nonviolent tactics such as protests and strikes to viole...
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Earlier this month, the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security held its “24th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law CLE Conference.” As part of the conference, the group held a...
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It has been instructive during the last six years to watch President Obama and most Democrats evolve from Executive power critics to Executive power apologists, just as it has been instructive to watch m...
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First off, in anticipation of President Obama’s decision this week to take on the immigration issue, Ben examined the central question in the standoff between him and Congress: how much discretion does h...
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Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt report:
President Obama decided in recent weeks to authorize a more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned, a move that ensures A...
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The fight over immigration in Washington is underway. Last night, President Obama gave a prime time speech outlining his plan to act unilaterally on immigration, which would allow up to five million undo...
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Earlier this week Ben posted his own thoughts on the President's exercise of prosecutorial discretion in the enforcement of our immigration laws. Now, we have the DOJ OLC opinion justifying the Presiden...
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Our guest this week is Amb. Daniel Sepulveda, the man charged with managing the U.S. relationship with the International Telecommunications Union. The ambassador helps us make sense of the recent ITU me...
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At a recent panel on which I spoke at the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security's annual conference, D.C. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh and U.S. District Judge---and former FISA presiding j...
