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Today's Headlines and Commentary
There isn’t much consensus anywhere on NSA-related issues---from Edward Snowden to the agency’s surveillance programs themselves. -
Next Week in the 9/11 Case
Ordinarily, on a day like today, yours truly would remind the Interwebs’ military commission-watchers of a pretrial hearing, next week, in the 9/11 case. Usually I would make a plug for Lawfare’s covera... -
World Wide Threat Assessment 2014
Last week, DNI Clapper appeared before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence to give his annual World Wide Threat Assessment. Once again cyber leads the list of most significant threats -- ahead o... -
The Problem at the Heart of the NSA Disputes: Legal Density
An old friend of mine, a mathematician at an elite college, told me some time back that---while still a student---he or she had done some work for NSA and been greatly relieved by the strict assurance gi... -
Drone Strikes in Pakistan Scaled Back
That's the word from The Washington Post. -
Bits and Bytes
I see so many interesting articles every day, that I thought I'd start a new "featurette" that I'm calling Bits and Bytes. This will be a short compilation of links to things I've seen that might intere... -
Are Armed Drones Anything Strategically New?
Strategika, a Hoover Institution online journal edited by Victor Davis Hanson, has published a symposium on whether armed drones are strategically something new, or just an incremental step forward in re... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times is reporting that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been engaged in secret contacts with the Taliban, which might help to explain Karzai's continued refusal to sign a long-term securit... -
A Proposal for Targeted Killing Oversight by Ex-AG Alberto Gonzales, and a Response by Steve
Here are two quite recent papers, both of obvious interest to Lawfare readers. The first, entitled "Drones: the Power to Kill," was penned by former Attorney Alberto Gonzales. Among other things, Gonza... -
A Conversation at the Berkman Center---And the Comments of Tim Berners-Lee
Yesterday afternoon, I was privileged to participate in a fascinating event at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Entitled "Defending an Unowned Internet: Opportuni... -
Judge Bates and a FISA "Special Advocate"
In the midst of the hubbub over the PRG and PCLOB reports and the President's speech, one of January's more interesting developments in the FISA reform conversation has largely gone unaddressed (albeit n... -
Today at 10am: A Boatload of Hearings on the Hill
Today at 10am, there will be a number of hearings that may be of interest to Lawfare readers: House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities." Link is here. T...
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