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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times reports that phone records and intercepted calls show that members of President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior R... -
Harold Thomas Martin III's Indictment and Arraignment
On February 8th, six months after his arrest for stealing classified information, a federal grand jury in the District of Maryland indicted former NSA contractor Harold Thomas Martin III, 52, according t... -
Let’s Talk About House Intel Chairman Devin Nunes Pointing a Finger at the FBI
In a tweet storm this morning, President Trump accused the Intelligence Community (IC) of leaking like a sieve and misread yet another opinion piece to support his line of reasoning. -
More Questions About McGahn in the Flynn Imbroglio
The Washington Post reported on Monday that it was “unclear what the White House counsel, Donald McGahn, did” when Acting Attorney General Sally Yates told him last month that Michael Flynn had misled se... -
There You Go Again
The President has once again tweeted approval of a critical article that he appears not to have read. -
Rational Security: The "Out Like Flynn" Edition
Michael Flynn’s phone calls and new revelations from the Steele dossier raise questions about Russian influence. An appeals court puts the brakes on Donald Trump’s immigrant and refugee ban. Plus, listen... -
The Law of Leaks
The President is having a bad week. His National Security Adviser has resigned in disgrace as accusations of improper contacts between then-Candidate Trump and his associates embroil the already chaotic ... -
The Ninth Circuit’s Contrived Comedy of Errors in Washington v. Trump: Part II
In Part I of this series, I discussed three critical errors in the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Washington v. Trump. First, the court grossly erred by treating a temporary restraining order—that contained... -
Michael Flynn May Want to Call the ACLU
The election of Donald Trump as president prompted a lively debate about whether the resulting alarm about civil liberties was justified. At the CATO surveillance conference in December, I made the case ... -
The Treatment of Flynn’s Phone Calls Complies with FISA Minimization Procedures
Just a quick note to clear up any lingering uncertainty after this morning’s Wall Street Journal editorial, "Eavesdropping on Michael Flynn," which asks whether “the spooks listening to Mr. -
Why Michael Flynn’s Plan to Relax Russia Sanctions is Terrible Policy
With the flurry of news surrounding and leading up to Lt. General Michael Flynn’s resignation as national security advisor, our collective focus has once again returned to the bizarre connections between... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Worthwhile Canadian Initiatives
In our interview this week, we explore multiple worthwhile Canadian initiatives withDominic Rochon, deputy chief of policy and communications for CSE, Canada’s version of the NSA and with Patricia Kosse...
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