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Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #15: An Interview with Daniel Sutherland
In this week’s episode, we explore the latest FOIA tussle between the FBI and ACLU over NSA and the dog-bites-man story of Larry Klayman losing another long-shot appeal. This Week in NSA focuses on the B... -
Metadata, Cellphone Geolocation Tracking, and Innocence
In the current discussions of NSA surveillance, we often talk as though metadata and cell phone tracking are simple creatures of government power. It is government, after all, that collects bulk metadata... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today is the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. The New York Times gives us an update on Dzhokar Tsarnaev and the ongoing preparations for his November trial. -
4/15 Motions Session #3: What Sorts of Evidence, Part Two (And a Recess)
Break being over, Cheryl Bormann picks up her thread: the conflict between absurdly strict secrecy controls and her own obligations to her client. Bin Attash is angry these days, she says, because he mus... -
4/15 Motions Session #2: What Sorts of Evidence, Part One
Our recess concludes; the action resumes. KSM lawyer David Nevin begins the defense’s remarks on possible evidence it might offer to support of AE292---a motion alleging inappropriate FBI contacts with a... -
9/11 Defense Counsel on the FBI's Contacts with Defense Team Members
Defense lawyers for 9/11 accused Ammar al-Baluchi had this to say yesterday, about an emergency defense filing in the 9/11 case concerning alleged FBI contacts with a member of another accused's defense ... -
4/15 Motions Session #1: Housekeeping, and FBI Things
It’s Tuesday, 9:12 a.m., when our Fort Meade screen comes to life: down at Guantanamo, the military judge, Army Col. James L. Pohl, calls proceedings to order. -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: April 15 Session
Tax day is upon us; so is day two in a four-day, pre-trial motions hearing in United States v. Mohammed et al. -
The Washington Post and Guardian Pulitzers: I Dissent
I know it is rude and churlish to offer anything but warm congratulations when former colleagues win a major prize—much less journalism's most prestigious award. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Last night, the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting to discuss the worsening crisis in Ukraine, reports CNN. The Ukrainian government set a Monday 9 a.m. -
The Policy Tension on Zero-Days Will Not Go Away
The proposition that NSA should under no circumstances stockpile zero-day vulnerabilities, but should in all cases disclose them in order to perfect defenses, apparently has appeal in some quarters. It ... -
4/14 Motions Hearing #1: Ex Parte Hearings, FBI Investigations, and a Recess
It’s game time, y’all. The military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, ascends the bench and resumes pretrial proceedings in the 9/11 case. All five accused are present, along with their lawyers and a few oth...
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