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Dianne Feinstein Responds to Director Brennan
The text is here: Feinstein Response to CIA Director on Detention, Interrogation Program -
Throwback Thursday: Pearl Harbor and Declaring War
Editor’s note: For quite a while now, social media enthusiasts have been using the hashtag #tbt (or, in long-form, “Throwback Thursday”) as a way to reminisce about the past. Now Lawfare has decided to g... -
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority, and the CIA: Part Four
In this post, we proceed with Lawfare's ongoing, side-by-side comparison of the SSCI Study's key findings, and responses to them by both the SSCI Minority as well as the CIA. By way of reminder, the SSC... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today, the New York Times brings us news that when the CIA first received detention and interrogation authorities in 2001, the Agency initially planned to create a system of worldwide jails that would ab... -
CIA Director Brennan Delivers a Statement on SSCI Report
At approximately 1:40 p.m., John Brennan, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will make a statement on the SSCI's detention and interrogation study. -
Sony Counter Attacks
The reality of conflict (not war) in the cyber domain -- Sony is now reported to be launching DDoS attacks against the hackers attempting to distribute its confidential documents: Sony has launched a cou... -
This Morning's SFRC Business Meeting
There are many subjects under discussion right now, including recent proposals to authorize force against ISIS. Update: it appears the Committee approved a draft authorization authored by the Committee'... -
USG Closes Bagram Detention Facility
The news comes from Time: The United States Department of Defense said Thursday that it had shuttered the last American detention facility in Afghanistan, bringing to an end a controversial practice of... -
A Few Thoughts on Yesterday's AUMF Hearing
Jack aptly stated earlier today many of my thoughts on yesterday's hearing on an Islamic State AUMF---at which Secretary of State John Kerry testified. -
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 3
Below you will find the third in our running comparison of broad areas of agreement and disagreement as between the Executive Summary to the Senate Intelligence Committee's Study on the CIA's Detention a... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #46: An Interview with Shane Harris
Our interview focuses on Shane Harris and his new book, @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex. It’s a good read and a good book, marred by the occasional deployment of easy lefty tropes – go... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The news cycle over the past day has been dominated by the release of the extensive report on CIA intelligence-gathering techniques, popularly known as the “torture report” or the “CIA report.” The New Y...
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