And it's first tweet is, well, pretty amusing: We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet. — CIA (@CIA) June 6, 2014

I’m sure that I and others will have more to say about this in the future, but in the meantime, here is the summary and 88-page Vodafone transparency report  that has been widely

A few weeks ago, Ben posted some comments about a Der Spiegel article that suggested the tensions between the United States and Germany were likely to die down. Not so fast, it appears. Germany’s top pro...

President Obama complained yesterday that Sergeant Bergdahl is “not a political football.”   That should be true, but unfortunately President Obama is responsible for kicking off the football game by ann...

I haven't watched it yet, as I was doing a different event at the time of the hearing. But thanks to the magic of CSPAN and it's belated, but very welcome propensity for embed codes . .

Today is the anniversary of the first Snowden disclosures, and Ben is moderating a debate on the future of U.S. intelligence collection authorities. The resolution is “U.S. surveillance authorities requi...

The hearing on FISA reforms will get going today at 2:30 p.m, and (as always) be broadcasted live via C-SPAN.  The witness line-up is below with links to written statements. First Panel (Government): Ja...

I laughed when I heard former Vice-President Cheney on the Laura Ingraham show (approximately the 8:15-9:10 mark) criticizing President Obama for not notifying Congress under Section 1035 of the 2014 NDA...

The question of the composition of the FISA Court---politically, demographically, and in terms of professional background---has arisen periodically throughout the last year. It has given rise to news cov...