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The Foreign Policy Essay: "Syria's Other Foreign Fighters"
The Syria conflict hasn’t really stayed in Syria. The trickle of Sunni jihadists traveling to Syria to fight quickly became a flood, with their numbers rapidly surpassing those in past wars, the anti-Sov... -
The Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act of 2014
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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
Although this week’s most noteworthy leaks came out of the New Jersey Governor’s office, Lawfare is still analyzing the ripples of earlier federal disclosures. Raffaela pointed us to two statements out ... -
Revealing the Deployment to Somalia: Drawing the Sting Before a Snowden Document Goes Public?
Did the government reveal the presence of US military advisors in Somalia in order to beat the Guardian or some other Snowden outlet to the punch? Earlier today, Jack posted about the likelihood that th... -
Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part VII
Chapter VII of the Review Group report is, for the most part, vaporous. It deals with, as its title puts it, "Global Communications Technology: Promoting Prosperity, Security, and Openness in a Networke... -
The Effect of the Proposed Repeal of the 2002 Iraq AUMF
The Washington Post reports that Senator Paul “plans to introduce legislation to repeal the use-of-force resolution that paved the way for the Iraq war,” and notes that President Obama supports the repea... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama seems to be getting closer to announcing reforms to the NSA. There have been months of discussions in and out of the White House regarding reforms to the intelligence agency. Yesterday, t... -
Most Snowden Documents Concern Current U.S. Military Operations
One hears that the worst of the Snowden documents (from the perspective of the USG) have not yet been released, and one wonders what that might mean. Yesterday’s story that “most of the documents he too... -
Jim Comey---and CRS---Speak on National Security Letters
FBI Director Jim Comey spoke out today against the Review Group recommendations for judicial review of national security letters, reports the New York Times: James B. -
A Modest Proposal for NSA Data Collection
I have a suggestion for solving nearly all of NSA’s problems: A click-through agreement. A peculiarity of the NSA data collection controversy is that the US public, we are told, is outraged by NSA activ... -
Executive Branch Urges Second Circuit to Affirm Dismissal of ATS/TVPA Suit Against Former Mexican President Zedillo
On Monday, the Departments of Justice and State filed an amicus brief in the Second Circuit urging affirmance of a district court's dismissal of an ATS/TVPA lawsuit filed against former Mexican President... -
Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part VI
Chapter VI of the Review Group Report deals with proposed organizational changes at NSA, in the executive branch more broadly, and in the FISA court system. These changes are a pretty mixed bag. Some see...
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