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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Jon Kamp and Jennifer Levitz of the Wall Street Journal kick us off today with a report from the House Committee on Homeland Security about the missed opportunities to apprehend Tamerlan Tsarnaev before ... -
White House Fact Sheet on Metadata Proposal
Here it is, in full; an excerpt containing a sketch of the White House's proposed legislation is below. Consistent with this directive, DOJ and the IC developed options designed to meet the criteria the ... -
DOJ Statements on Sulaiman Abu Ghaith's Conviction
Attorney General Eric Holder released the statement below: This verdict is a major milestone in the government’s unrelenting efforts to pursue justice against those involved with the September 11 attacks. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Suliman Abu Gaith was convicted of conspiring to kill Americans today. The Al Qaeda spokesman was also convicted of providing material support to terrorists and conspiring to provide material support to ... -
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Bin Laden's Son-in-Law, Convicted
Benjamin Weiser of the New York Times has the story: Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, the most senior adviser to Osama bin Laden to be tried in a civilian United States court since the Sept. 11 attacks, was convict... -
James Risen Needs to Read the NYT
Andrew Beaujon at Poynter reports that at last week’s Sources and Secrets conference, NYT reporter James Risen, who is fighting a subpoena for information in the Jeffrey Sterling trial, made these remark... -
Judge Thomas Hogan to be Presiding Judge on FISC
The chief justice, I am informed, has designated Judge Thomas F. Hogan to serve as the next presiding judge of the FISC, starting in May. Judge Hogan's term as Presiding Judge will continue through May 1... -
More On Mass Surveillance
Ben makes the point that the international legal regime that purportedly regulates metadata collection is, at best, highly nascent. Two additional data points strengthen his argument. First, back in Ju... -
On the White House and HPSCI Proposals for Surveillance Reform
By now you've likely heard: the President will back a legislative proposal to end the NSA's bulk collection of telephony metadata. And Congressmen Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersburger, the Chairman and R... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Besides everyone being in a tizzy about President Obama's proposal to end bulk metadata collection---and a competing proposal announced today, by the House Intel Committee---it turns out there's a lot go... -
Uganda Follow-Up: A Link to the Updated WPR Letter
Further to my post yesterday, the administration has sent this letter to Congress in relation to the Uganda mission, using the usual "consistent with the War Powers Resolution" formulation. -
President Obama Press Conference
This morning's press conference with President Obama and Dutch Prime Minister Rutte has just concluded. We've thus removed the embedded video player, and will await a transcript of the two leaders' remar...
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