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Today's Headlines and Commentary
While everyone is still talking about the National Security Agency, other arms of the American intelligence community are bulking up their technologies. The elusive Intelligence Advance Research Projects... -
The Shameful Revisionism of James Sensenbrenner: Special Europe Edition
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote this piece about the disgusting efforts of Rep. James Sensenbrenner to wash his hands of bulk metadata collection: Reasonable people can disagree about NSA surveillance in ... -
David Cole on My "Failure of Imagination"
Over at Just Security, David Cole tweaks me for a "failure of imagination" for my piece yesterday wondering what he and Kenneth Roth mean by a worldwide right of privacy: Cole writes that "[Wittes] argue... -
Government Filing in the FISC on Amicus Participation in 215 Litigation
Here's an interesting document. Back on October 17, the Center for National Security Studies moved before the FISA Court for public briefing in the latest application for a bulk metadata order under Sec... -
Lavabit -- The Government's Response
Earlier, I noted the Lavabit appeal filing in the Fourth Circuit. Today the government filed its reply brief. A summary of the argument: Lavabit appeals a contempt order from the district court. But in... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
SecDef Chuck Hagel has sent more American troops to assist with the recovery efforts in the central Philippines. Here's The Hill. On Iran, the New York Times editorial today expresses the paper's suppor... -
Hayden v. Gellman: "Leakers or Whistleblowers?" A Debate at Duke
This event took place last night at Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. -
Bond v. United States: Response from Edwin Williamson
My friend and predecessor Edwin Williamson (who served as The Legal Adviser in the George H.W. -
A Global Human Right to Privacy?
Over at the Guardian today, Kenneth Roth—executive director of Human Rights Watch—argues for a worldwide human right of privacy: -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
President Obama will be at Arlington National Cemetery today for the Veteran's Day wreath-laying ceremony. In his weekend radio address, the President noted that the holiday demands more than a simple th... -
Bagram: More on Wind-down of Obama's Guantanamo
Bobby drew attention to yesterday's Washington Post article about the Afghan Government's release of hundreds of detainees the U.S. -
More on the Rule of Lenity: A Reply to Vladeck
On Friday, Steve Vladeck responded to my post from last Tuesday on how a rule of lenity could help the law of national security surveillance. Here are three replies to Steve's post: (1) Steve argues t...
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