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Linda Greenhouse on "The Mirror of Guantanamo"
Linda Greenhouse has a thoughtful column over at the New York Times entitled "The Mirror of Guantanamo" about the Abdul Razak Ali case---about which I wrote some thoughts last week. Ten years ago, Greenh... -
Stewart Baker Launches Award for "Dubious Achievements in Privacy Law"
This is amusing. Over at the Skating on Stilts site, former NSA general counsel and DHS policy guru Stewart Baker has launched an award he's calling "The Coveted Golden Privy Award"---for "the stupidest,... -
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Surveillance Authorities at 2PM
At 2pm today, the Senate Judiciary Committee is will hold an oversight hearing on U.S. government surveillance authorities. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Ambassador James F. Dobbins testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday that the Obama administration still believes it possible to sign a security pact with Afghanistan that would ... -
This Year's NDAA: A Big Win for the Administration on Guantanamo
I have only had a chance to look briefly at the Guantanamo-related provisions of the House-Senate compromise NDAA, but the text looks to me like a big win for the Obama administration---and for common se... -
Full Text of and Explanatory Statement on this Year's NDAA
In case you're having trouble sleeping tonight, here is the 1,105-page full text of the compromise NDAA and the mere 532-page Joint Explanatory Statement on the bill. I'll have comments as soon as I go t... -
Just How Intrusive Are Those GTMO Searches, Anyway?
Quite intrusive, it seems---at least according to this letter filing, which was submitted yesterday in Hatim v. Obama, the "Counsel Access Case." Oral argument also was held yesterday, as y'all likely kn... -
Brennan Center Report Slams Current State & Local CT Programs
The Brennan Center for Justice released today a new report titled “National Security and Local Police.” They conducted surveys of more than a dozen major police departments and their affiliated state or... -
Reflections on U.S. Economic Espionage, Post-Snowden
Cheng Li’s and Ryan McElveen’s good post over the weekend (via Daniel Byman) sparked the following reflections on U.S. economic espionage, post-Snowden. Li and McElveen nicely summarize U.S.-Chinese rel... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The world mourns Nelson Mandela's passing today. A memorial service was held in Soweto, South Africa. Members of the House and Senate armed services committees have reached a deal regarding the 2014 Nat... -
A National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
As 2013 draws to a close, I was reflecting on some of the things that happened, and some of the things that did not. One that struck me is that we celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the "National Str... -
Guantanamo Provisions in Compromise 2014 NDAA
Monday evening, Senate and House armed services committee leaders announced that a compromise has been largely reached with regard to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. Among those matters incl...
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