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The National Security Agency at the Crossroads: A Conference at UT (April 3-4)
I'm very pleased to report the latest venture of the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas (co-sponsored by the Strauss Center and the Clements Center): a conference addressing the con... -
A Reply to Ryan Goodman on the Application of the ICCPR to NSA Surveillance
In a post at Just Security on Thursday, my friend Ryan Goodman takes issue with my testimony before the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board, in which I said that even if the U.S. -
On Talbiya, Israel and Palestine
Israelis are a politically vocal bunch. So I wasn’t particularly surprised to encounter a mass of protestors gathered before the Prime Minister’s house, as I meandered through Jerusalem’s affluent Talbi... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: The Limits of Small Footprints
Editor's Note: As the U.S. military draws down in Afghanistan, the large-scale conventional military component of the “war on terror” may be at an end. Yet Al Qaeda is tied to many of the insurgencies cu... -
Lawfare Podcast, Episode #68: John Carlin on Cybersecurity
Yesterday, John Carlin, Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the Department of Justice, gave a keynote address on cybersecurity at American University’s Washington College of Law as... -
More FISC Materials Released
Friday brought us three newly declassified FISC rulings. -
Joint DNI/AG Statement on Bulk Telephone Records Collection, Pending Legislative Changes
The document was released late yesterday afternoon. Here 'tis: Earlier this year in a speech at the Department of Justice, President Obama announced a transition that would end the Section 215 bulk tele... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Let’s start with this week’s big terrorism trial news, the speedy conviction of Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama Bin Laden’s son-in-law, in federal court. Ritika noted the verdict as it happened and linked to ... -
The Terrorism Trial Debate and Abu Ghaith
In yesterday’s New York Times, Ben Weiser reported that Abu Ghaith’s case has renewed the “debate” over civilian terrorism trials. -
Marty Lederman on the Hussain Case at the Supreme Court
Over at Just Security, Marty Lederman has an interesting piece about a Guantanamo case the Supreme Court has relisted three times for consideration at conference. He writes: The Supreme Court has reliste... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Russian troops are amassing and gathering at the Ukrainian border. The Washington Post reports that U.S. -
President Obama's Metadata Proposal: A Win for Everyone?
The ACLU is declaring President Obama's announcement today of his proposal for reform of the 215 program "a major step in the right direction and a victory for privacy." Jameel Jaffer, writing over at Ju...
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