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Another FISA Document Dump from ODNI
This latest set of declassified documents is related to programs authorized by Sections 501 and 702 of FISA. -
Whose Fault is it if China and Iran Restrict Free Speech? NSA's---Of Course
That, at least, seems to be what Ken Roth---executive director of Human Rights Watch---is arguing in this essay on the New York Review of Books web site. Entitled "The NSA's Global Threat to Free Speech,... -
Senate Hearings on bitcoin
Two hearings in one week on bitcoin. On Monday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on virtual currencies. Panel I Jennifer Shasky Calvery (Testimony) Directo... -
Government Files Brief in D.C. Circuit Gitmo Detainee Civil Case
The government has filed its brief in Al Laithi v. Rumsfeld and Celikgogus v. Rumsfeld, a case involving the consolidated claims of former Guantanamo detainees against former government officials in thei... -
Supreme Court Denies EPIC Mandamus Petition
The Supreme Court today denied the Electronic Privacy Information Center's request for mandamus review of telephony metadata collection under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
This weekend saw some logistical hurdles in an otherwise surprisingly smooth road to Syrian chemical weapons elimination. A newly developed plan to transport the weapons out of the country by roads that ... -
Video of Events from the Federalist Society Convention last Week
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CSPAN Newsmaker Interview on Patrick Leahy on NSA Collection
Good discussion between Sen. Leahy and the Wall Street Journal's Siobhan Gorman and Politico's Josh Gerstein. Worth watching. -
Readings: Christine Fair, "Drones, Spies, Terrorists and Second-Class Citizenship in Pakistan - A Review Essay"
Georgetown University political scientist C. Christine Fair has been a leading voice in challenging much of the conventional wisdom about the nature of conflict in Pakistan, including the role of US dron... -
Criminal or Political Protestor?
Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday. That's the maximum sentence he could have gotten for his plea of guilty to a single instance of hacking a computer. Readers of this blog wi... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Privacy---worldwide privacy, that is: Last week Just Security’s David Cole argued for the existence of a global right to privacy, a claim to which Orin Kerr disagreed on... -
Colbert on Mike Rogers and Steve Vladeck
I missed this a couple of weeks ago. It's pretty funny.
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