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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, Ritika and Yishai told you about the NSA memo that reveals that Edward Snowden used the login information of a civilian employee of the NSA to gain access to classified documents. -
Intelligence Squared Debate: "Snowden Was Justified"
The ACLU's Ben Wizner and Daniel Ellsberg vs. former CIA Director James Woolsey and Andrew McCarthy:Snowden Was Justified from -
Radiolab on the History of the Glomar Response
This is one of the coolest half hours of national security radio I have heard in a long time. The excellent public radio show Radiolab---and reporter Julia Barton---have put together the story of where t... -
No “No Spy” Agreements?
President Obama on Tuesday affirmatively stated that the United States does not have any “no spy” agreements with other countries. Many journalists, scholars, and foreign officials have been laboring un... -
Spinning the IMF Report on Iran Sanctions
I am amused today by these two headlines about the IMF's just-released assessment of Iran's economy and the effects of remaining sanctions: the New York Times reports that I.M.F. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
NBC News obtained a National Security Agency memo that reveals that a civilian employee of the NSA gave one Edward Snowden his login information and password, which Snowden then used to access classified... -
Reader Hivemind Request for Input on Cyber Attacks
Our cyber attack this morning was a bit more serious than ones we have experienced in the past. And at least one reader reports persistent effects up until now. Please shoot me a note if you're noticing ... -
Aamer v. Obama and Boumediene Step Zero
At one level, the D.C. Circuit's decision this week in Aamer v. Obama on Guantanamo hunger strikes probably surprised nobody. As expected, the D.C. Circuit upheld the two district court decision to deny ... -
Technical Difficulties
As readers may have noticed, we have had another outage this morning. We are looking into the cause and will keep readers posted. Our apologies. UPDATE: We are informed by our technical folks at Blue Wa... -
And So It Begins ....
As I suggested last month, the Snowden disclosures are going to drive even our European allies to doubt America's bona fides as a steward of the internet. Thus, we should not be surprised to learn that ... -
Latest Batch of Declassified 215 Orders from the FISC
Have at it: a trio of freshly declassified documents from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ("FISC"). -
Looks Like I'm Not Alone in My View of the New York Times Editorial Page
According to the New York Observer, anyway, the news staff seems to agree with me: IT’S WELL KNOWN AMONG THE SMALL WORLD of people who pay attention to such things that the liberal-leaning reporters at T...
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