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Friday brought us three newly declassified FISC rulings.
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The document was released late yesterday afternoon. Here 'tis:
Earlier this year in a speech at the Department of Justice, President Obama announced a transition that would end the Section 215 bulk tele...
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Let’s start with this week’s big terrorism trial news, the speedy conviction of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law, in federal court. Ritika noted the verdict as it happened and linked to ...
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In yesterday’s New York Times, Ben Weiser reported that Abu Ghaith’s case has renewed the “debate” over civilian terrorism trials.
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Over at Just Security, Marty Lederman has an interesting piece about a Guantanamo case the Supreme Court has relisted three times for consideration at conference. He writes:
The Supreme Court has reliste...
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Russian troops are amassing and gathering at the Ukrainian border. The Washington Post reports that U.S.
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The ACLU is declaring President Obama's announcement today of his proposal for reform of the 215 program "a major step in the right direction and a victory for privacy." Jameel Jaffer, writing over at Ju...
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Jon Kamp and Jennifer Levitz of the Wall Street Journal kick us off today with a report from the House Committee on Homeland Security about the missed opportunities to apprehend Tamerlan Tsarnaev before ...
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Here it is, in full; an excerpt containing a sketch of the White House's proposed legislation is below.
Consistent with this directive, DOJ and the IC developed options designed to meet the criteria the ...
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Attorney General Eric Holder released the statement below:
This verdict is a major milestone in the government’s unrelenting efforts to pursue justice against those involved with the September 11 attacks.
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Suliman Abu Gaith was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans today. The Al Qaeda spokesman was also convicted of providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to provide material support to ...
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Benjamin Weiser of the New York Times has the story:
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the most senior adviser to Osama bin Laden to be tried in a civilian United States court since the Sept. 11 attacks, was convict...
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Andrew Beaujon at Poynter reports that at last week’s Sources and Secrets conference, NYT reporter James Risen, who is fighting a subpoena for information in the Jeffrey Sterling trial, made these remark...
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The chief justice, I am informed, has designated Judge Thomas F. Hogan to serve as the next presiding judge of the FISC, starting in May. Judge Hogan's term as Presiding Judge will continue through May 1...
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Ben makes the point that the international legal regime that purportedly regulates metadata collection is, at best, highly nascent. Two additional data points strengthen his argument.
First, back in Ju...
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By now you've likely heard: the President will back a legislative proposal to end the NSA's bulk collection of telephony metadata. And Congressmen Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersburger, the Chairman and R...
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Besides everyone being in a tizzy about President Obama's proposal to end bulk metadata collection---and a competing proposal announced today, by the House Intel Committee---it turns out there's a lot go...
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Further to my post yesterday, the administration has sent this letter to Congress in relation to the Uganda mission, using the usual "consistent with the War Powers Resolution" formulation.
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This morning's press conference with President Obama and Dutch Prime Minister Rutte has just concluded. We've thus removed the embedded video player, and will await a transcript of the two leaders' remar...
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Who needs the NSA? Now you can buy Tile for just $20 and track anything you want.
Tile is a small white square that you can affix to almost anything. It's only a few millimeters thick -- thin enough t...
