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Today's Headlines and Commentary
We're going to skip all of the preview stories about the President's NSA speech tomorrow. You'll find out what he's going to say when he says it. We begin with military news. The Air Force leadership ha... -
Notes in Advance of the President's Speech
I keep getting media inquiries today asking me for predictions about what President Obama is going be saying tomorrow. Short answer: How the heck should I know? The President's speech-writing team doesn'... -
Brookings Event on the President's Speech Tomorrow
The Brookings Institution will host---and Ben will speak at---a panel event tomorrow afternoon following President Obama's speech on NSA reform and the Review Group Report. We will embed the event video,... -
Lawfare Analysis of the PRG Report: A Summary
On December 18, the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology released its much anticipated report, Liberty and Security in a Changing World. Tomorrow, President Obama will g... -
War Powers, Red Lines, and Credibility
Last fall, during the debate on airstrikes in Syria, commentators argued that the United States needed to act in order to preserve the credibility of American threats. -
Intelligence Reform: Life Imitates Fiction
The Hoover Institution's Task Force on National Security and Law is putting out a series of short essays, starting today, called "The Briefing: Secrecy and Accountability in the Digital Age." Here is the... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Senate Intelligence Committee has released its report reviewing the attack in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012. The report broadly faults the State Department and various intelligence agencies f... -
Oral Argument Recap: Obaydullah v. Obama, Round Two
Your Lawfare team is ready with pen and paper, and bated breath, to hear oral arguments in the habeas-related appeal of Afghan detainee Obaydullah before the three-judge panel of D.C. Circuit Court of Ap... -
Two Thoughts on the Sanger/Shanker Story on NSA Infiltration of Foreign Networks
David Sanger and Thom Shanker have a lengthy story in the NYT about various NSA techniques for penetrating foreign computers and networks, including a strategy for accessing seemingly air-gapped computer... -
KSM's "Statement to the Crusaders of the Military Commissions at Guantanamo"
According to a Huffington Post story this afternoon, accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed has penned a thirty-six page "Statement to the Crusaders of the Military Commissions at Guantanamo." -
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on the President's Review Group Report
The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing to review the Report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology. The scheduled witnesses are the members of the Revi... -
Views from the Judiciary on Possible Surveillance Reforms
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge John Bates sent over two documents----a summary cover letter and a more detailed analysis---to the Senate Intelligence Committee. Delivered in Bates's capacity as the Dire...
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