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New FISC Order On Retention of Metadata
On Monday, we reported on the temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by Judge Jeffrey S. White of the Northern District of California, which prohibited the government from destroying telephone metadata... -
Can the ICJ Avoid Saying Something on the Merits About Spying in Timor-Leste vs. Australia?
Last week Ben linked to the ICJ’s decision on provisional measures in the case that Timor-Leste (TL) has brought against Australia. The Brisbane Times and other news outlets cast the decision as one req... -
"Blinking Red: Crisis and Compromise in American Intelligence After 9/11," by Michael Allen
Published by Potomac Books (2013) Reviewed by S. Yasir Latifi -
Director Brennan on al Qaeda's Associated Forces and Jabhat al-Nusrah
In an interview conducted yesterday at the Council on Foreign Relations, CIA Director John Brennan had an interesting exchange with Audrey Kurth Cronin on the subject of al Qaeda’s organizational scope. ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
As we’ve been explaining, there’s drama in the U.S. Senate. It's not just your usual partisan bickering, either. Yesterday, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D–CA) took to the Senate floor to accuse the CIA of ... -
SSCI v. CIA---Three Key Questions
Senator Feinstein’s remarkable floor statement yesterday has thrown further fuel onto an already volatile mix of intelligence and oversight issues related to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s... -
Did the CIA Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by Accessing Intelligence Committee Computers?
Senator Feinstein recently claimed that the CIA may have violated the federal computer hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, by searching computers used by the Intelligence Committee to cond... -
Text of Senator Feinstein's Remarks This Morning Regarding SSCI and CIA
You can find the Senator's statement here. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Edward Snowden delivered a fiery speech by video-conference at South by Southwest in Texas. Snowden denounced mass surveillance for damaging both privacy and security (as it distracts from the targeting... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #10: An Interview with Mark Weatherford
In the latest episode of the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Jason Weinstein and I cover a host of topics. -
Senate Armed Services Nominations Hearing: Michael Rogers for NSA Chief
The Senate Armed Services Committee is currently holding hearings with two nominees for high-ranking military posts: General Paul J. Selva, USAF is being considered for commander of United States Transpo... -
Senator Feinstein's Remarks on the CIA-SSCI Document Controversy
Right now, Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Senate Intelligence Committee's Chairman, is speaking out, on the Senate floor, about a well-publicized dispute between the CIA and the SSCI---regarding the latte...
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