Last night's vote was, apparently, 11-4.  The committee-backed legislation, called the FISA Improvements Act of 2013, can be found here.

Last Monday, the government filed its response to accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's motion to vacate the special administrative measures (SAMs) imposed on him and his attorneys.

I have not read these yet but will do so over the next few days and offer thoughts and summaries as I do.

On Thursday the Justice Department filed a letter notifying the D.C. Circuit that none of the four Guantanamo detainees protesting government force-feeding in Aamer v. Obama are any longer designated hun...

Two human rights groups released reports today on civilian casualties from selected drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen. Amnesty International's "Will I Be Next?" US Drone Strikes in Pakistan investigate...

Guantanamo detainees have filed their response brief in the D.C. Circuit appeal of Hatim v. Obama, the "counsel access" case.

Apropos of my exchange this morning with Jeremy Rabkin, Senate Republicans on Tuesday issued this letter asking President Obama to declare all national security workers to be "essential" and return them ...

Last Wednesday, accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev filed a motion to vacate special administrative measures (SAMs) imposed on him and his attorneys. In his motion, Tsarnaev argues that the ...

It is available here. It is dated August 29 and includes a "primary order" dated July 19. It deals with the legality of the telephony metadata program under Section 215. I have not read it yet but will d...

Next came a period of relative calm, and somewhat less wrist-slappy FISC-NSA dynamics.  The respite nevertheless was short-lived, judging by the final three documents in this week’s trove of declassified...

Like its predecessor, this latest cache apparently was released in connection with a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Last Wednesday the government filed its response brief in Aamer v. Obama, the force-feeding case on appeal in the D.C. Circuit. The appellants, three Guantánamo detainees, filed their appeal on Aug. 5, c...