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Did President Obama Accept Recommendation 30?
Richard Clarke and Peter Swire, two of the five members of the President’s Intelligence Review Group, argue at The Daily Beast that the NSA should rarely keep (as opposed to disclose, and allow patching ... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
A surprise international agreement backed by the U.S., Russia, the EU and Ukraine is calling on pro-Russian separatists who have seized government buildings in eastern Ukraine to vacate and lay down thei... -
On Edward Snowden's Propaganda Stunt for Putin
I have maintained a certain agnosticism about Edward Snowden's relationship with the Russian intelligence services up until now. I noted with interest, but unconvinced, statements by congressional intell... -
Bellovin, Blaze, Clark, and Landau on Law Enforcement, CALEA, and Software Vulnerabilities
Steve Bellovin, Matt Blaze, Sandy Clark, Susan Landau have two papers relevant to our recent discussion (here, here, and here) about the proper use of vulnerabilities in national security and law enforce... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Ukrainian military pressed on with operations in Eastern Ukraine after yesterday’s surrender of weapons and vehicles to pro-Russian militias, killing three and wounding and capturing dozens more in t... -
A Message to Whomever is Trying to Hack Us
Dear Hacker: We can see you. We can see that you tried to access Lawfare's content management system today 139 times. We can see that you tried to log in 60 times as Wells. We can see that you tried ... -
Statements by Prosecution and Defense on This Week's 9/11 Case Hearing
The Chief Prosecutor issued this earlier this morning. Hello to all of you. Due to the Judge’s decision to take up the joint defense motion requesting he inquire into possible defense conflicts of inter... -
4/17 Session #1: A Special Trial Counsel, and a Pause
We’re back in session. The military judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, calls proceedings to order. Of the five 9/11 accused, there are two absentees: Walid Bin Attash and Mustafa Al-Hawsawi. That prompts... -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: April 17 Session
There's a small band of us here at Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall---the venue where we'll take in, via slightly-delayed, Closed Circuit Television, more of a pre-trial motions session in the 9/11 military c... -
"The Anti-Democratic, Anti-Transparency Ideology that Prevails at Lawfare"
I learned a lot about Lawfare---and about myself---yesterday from Conor Friedersdorf's rather bitter critique of my post on the decision to award the Pulitzer public service award to the Guardian and the... -
Fourth Circuit Decision in Lavabit
Readers will recall the Lavabit case in the Fourth Circuit, which I earlier described here, and here. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday evening, the NYPD announced that it would shutter the Demographics Unit, the controversial program that sent plainclothes detectives to collect information about Muslim communities in the New Y...
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