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FBI Director James Comey to Speak at Brookings Next Week on Encryption
I'm excited to be hosting FBI Director James Comey this coming Thursday for a speech and conversation on encryption at the Brookings Institution. Here's how Brookings is describing the event: Going Dark... -
Signing Statements, the Commander in Chief Power, and Guantanamo Closure
According to the Wall Street Journal, the President's people are "drafting options" to bring about Guantanamo's closure, an objective that would require the White House to get around a statutory restric... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Tragic news out of Yemen: a suicide bomber reportedly blew himself up in a crowd of protesters, killing approximately 70 people. -
More Partisanship Over Guantanamo Closure
Congressional Republicans are reportedly rushing to condemn the White House’s alleged consideration of ways to close Guantanamo and move detainees to the United States despite legislative prohibitions. ... -
Border Security Today
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson gave a very useful speech earlier this week at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Entitled "Border Security in the 21st Century," it provides a detailed overvi... -
Unilateral Executive Action to Close Guantanamo? Bah!
The estimable Carol E. -
On Ryan Goodman's Hopeful Take on Ending the Forever War (Or: Why Legal Debates About the 2001 AUMF Don’t Affect National Security Reality)
Some responses to an overly optimistic take. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We start with a tweet from Jenan Moussa, a reporter on the ground just across from Kobani in Turkish territory: Praying for peace? Kurdish man prays; smoke from #Kobane in background. @akhbarpic.twitter.... -
Dhiab Preliminary Injunction Hearing Read-Out, Part Three
Today marks our last little dispatch about the preliminary injunction hearing in the case of Abu Wa’El (Jihad) Dhiab, Syrian national, cleared-for-release Guantanamo detainee, and---most relevantly for p... -
Some Recent NSA Debates
Here's some video of some recent NSA debates. Here's one that took place a couple of weeks ago at Georgetown on "The NSA, Privacy & the Global Internet: Perspectives on EO 12333." Participants included ... -
The Law and Policy of Ebola Interdiction
A few days ago President Obama announced his intention to do greater screening of passengers arriving in the United States, as a way of interdicting the spread of the Ebola virus. -
Twitter Files Lawsuit Against Justice Department, FBI
Twitter filed suit yesterday against Attorney General Eric Holder, the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey, and the FBI in the District Court for the Northern Dist...
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