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SJC Hearing on DOJ Oversight
This one will get underway at 10:00, too. The Attorney General will appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee; we'll post his testimony when it becomes available. -
SSCI Hearing on Current and Projected National Security Threats Against the United States
The hearing will get underway at 10:00 a.m.. Video will be available via C-SPAN and other outlets. The Director of National Intelligence will testify; his written statement can be found here. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Last night, President Obama delivered his State of the Union Address. You can find the full video here. The speech focused on a strong call of action and a promise to go it alone if Congress doesn’t adva... -
Legal Opinion on GCHQ Surveillance
I am not sure why this is a big deal, my knowledge of the British legal system being less than fulsome, but a British barrister has written a legal opinion calling into question large swaths of surveilla... -
Yesterday's Periodic Review Board Hearing
Judging by Daphne Eviatar's account over at Just Security and Charlie Savage's at the New York Times, it was a pretty scripted and brief (nineteen minutes of open session) affair. Thus far, the Periodic... -
Look Who's Been . . .
. . . nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. -
State of the Union Remarks on War, Surveillance, and Drones
President Obama, in the State of the Union address tonight, made the following remarks: Tonight, because of the extraordinary troops and civilians who risk and lay down their lives to keep us free, the U... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We’ll start with global developments: In Egypt, General Abdul-Fattah el-Sisi, who has ruled the country since the ouster of Muslim Brotherhood-backed (and democratically elected) Mohammad Morsi, has tak... -
Today's Periodic Review Board Hearing
Today, Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab Al Rahabi. -
When Will President Obama Nominate a New Legal Adviser?
Speaking of agency general counsels (as I did in my post yesterday morning about the appointment of Jim Baker as FBI General Counsel), many foreign governments are wondering when President Obama will nom... -
NSA Privacy Officer Selected
Late last year, as one of the fall outs from the Snowden disclosures, the NSA announced its intention to fill a completely new office -- a civil liberties and privacy officer who would serve as a direct ... -
Think Big on Cyber
An innovative thinker, David McMahon, of SecDev sent me a fascinating piece the other day entitled Think Big on Cyber. The folks at SecDev do some of the most cutting edge security work I know and they ...
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