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Readings: NSA Report on the 702 Program
Below is the text of a Report/public comment on the 702 program submitted by the NSA Civil Liberties and Privacy Office to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), dated April 16, 2014. I... -
Radiolab on the History and Problems of the AUMF
This is a very impressive hour of radio based on this excellent story by Gregory Johnsen. John Bellinger and I both show up at various points in the discussion. It's neat what you can do on national secu... -
The Reality of Russian Surveillance
James Lewis of CSIS has an excellent post on the reality of the Russian surveillance system, a reality that is quite different from the impression created by Vladimir Putin during his recent televised ex... -
Kiobel Anniversary Surprise: Judge Scheindlin Rules Corporations May Be Held Liable Under ATS, Despite Second Circuit Precedents
In a surprising decision issued on the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Kiobel, Judge Scheindlin held, in the long-running Apartheid litigation, that corporations may be sued under th... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #71: A Conversation with John Rizzo
I had meant to have a book review of former CIA lawyer John Rizzo's new book, Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA, ready to run along with this episode of the podcast. -
Bits and Bytes
India suggests renaming the Internet. Not, apparently, a joke: "In a major diplomatic initiative, India is all set to challenge the U.S.’ hegemony of the World Wide Web at a global meet on Internet gove... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Coming off of the heartbleed scare, attention this week still focused on internet vulnerabilities. -
Did President Obama Accept Recommendation 30?
Richard Clarke and Peter Swire, two of the five members of the President’s Intelligence Review Group, argue at The Daily Beast that the NSA should rarely keep (as opposed to disclose, and allow patching ... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
A surprise international agreement backed by the U.S., Russia, the EU and Ukraine is calling on pro-Russian separatists who have seized government buildings in eastern Ukraine to vacate and lay down thei... -
On Edward Snowden's Propaganda Stunt for Putin
I have maintained a certain agnosticism about Edward Snowden's relationship with the Russian intelligence services up until now. I noted with interest, but unconvinced, statements by congressional intell... -
Bellovin, Blaze, Clark, and Landau on Law Enforcement, CALEA, and Software Vulnerabilities
Steve Bellovin, Matt Blaze, Sandy Clark, Susan Landau have two papers relevant to our recent discussion (here, here, and here) about the proper use of vulnerabilities in national security and law enforce... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Ukrainian military pressed on with operations in Eastern Ukraine after yesterday’s surrender of weapons and vehicles to pro-Russian militias, killing three and wounding and capturing dozens more in t...
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