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NSA Spying Will Begin Winding Down This Week: Justice Department Memo
Dustin Volz of the National Journal has obtained a memo from the Department of Justice circulated among congressional offices today that says the NSA will need to begin taking steps to wind down the bul... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
This morning, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a new trove of documents recovered during the May 2011 raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The re... -
ODNI Releases Trove of Documents Discovered in Osama bin Laden Raid
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today released a new set of documents recovered during the raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011. The release contain... -
Down to the Wire on the Patriot Act
Julian Hattem has a good piece in the Hill on the current state of play in the Senate with respect to expiration of the Patriot Act provisions in less than two weeks: Sen. -
DOJ Announces Indictment of 6 Chinese Nationals for Economic Espionage
Yesterday, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of six Chinese nationals on charges of economic espionage and theft of trade secrets "for their roles in a long-running effort to obtain U.S.... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #67: An Interview with Dan Geer
Our guest for Episode 67 is Dan Geer, a legendary computer security commentator and current CISO for In-Q-Tel. We review Dan’s recommendations for improving computer security, including mandatory reporti... -
A Sunset of Section 215 Is Increasingly Likely - And May Prompt Overhaul
Senator Richard Burr, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, recently made comments to press suggesting that he believed the sunset for Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act will occur sometim... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Following an American special forces raid on the compound of Islamic State operative Abu Sayyaf, U.S. interrogators, who are part of the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, have flown to Iraq in ord... -
Secretary Of State John Kerry On "An Open and Secure Internet"
Secretary of State Kerry just gave a speech in Korea (May 18, 2015) entitled “An Open and Secure Internet: We Must Have Both.” In this speech, he reiterates the U.S. position that “the basic rules of in... -
Lindsey Graham's Iowa Drone Strike Out
It's a crowded field for Republican presidential candidates, but Lindsey Graham knows how to differentiate himself from the pack: he loves drone strikes more than his competitors. Speaking the other nig... -
Ariel I. Ahram
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
This weekend, American special forces executed a raid against an Islamic State compound in eastern Syria, killing Abu Sayyaf and between 12 and 40 other militants, reports the New York Times. Sayyaf, a m...
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