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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The United States Department of State has renewed its global terror alert, urging all Americans to “maintain a high level of vigilance.” The renewal comes right after the terrorist attack on a shopping m... -
Engaging NSA: Exploring the Disparity Between Public Perception and Self Perception
Over the past week, we have both spent a fair bit of time at NSA and engaging with the agency. On Monday, Bobby helped arrange for a small group of scholars to spend the day at the agency, meeting with ... -
David Barron Nominated to the First Circuit Court of Appeals
This is very good news. From the White House the other day: Today, President Barack Obama nominated David Jeremiah Barron to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. “David Jeremiah Bar... -
The NSA Crypto Back Door(?)
By now, most readers will have heard of the New York Times story, alleging (based on disclosures from Edward Snowden) that the NSA has surreptitiously degraded a critical cryptography standard adopted by... -
"Just Security" Launch Event Webcast
The official launch event for the new site Just Security is taking place at this hour with an event entitled, "When Reporting is a Crime: National Security and the Press After Snowden and Sterling." The ... -
A Lighter Side of the NSA Mess
The other day, I was driving down Massachusetts Avenue talking on my car's speaker phone system to Rajesh De, general counsel of the National Security Agency. Raj had called me on my Google Voice phone n... -
An Alternative to Rep. Schiff's Proposal for a FISA Special Advocate
On September 20th, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, proposed legislation that would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Thankfully, the seige in the Nairobi, Kenya mall has concluded, and authorities are shifting their focus to figuring out how it happened. Here's a pair of reporters from the New York Times with that news. -
Book Event on “Thank You For Your Service,” About Homecoming for Veterans
More than 2.5 million service members have served in Iraq or Afghanistan over the past 12 years of war. A number of terrific memoirs and histories have been written about their efforts in war. -
Revolutions Podcast
Here's something I am very excited about: the Revolutions Podcast. Revolutions, which describes itself as "a weekly podcast series examining great political revolutions," is the latest project of a guy n... -
Senate Intelligence Committee Will Hold Open Hearing on FISA
Here is the press release from the committee's website : Washington—Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) today announced the commit... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We learn from the Washington Post that some of the Al Shabab gunmen laying siege to the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya speak English. One of the 62 victims is a famous Ghanaian poet, Kofi Awoonor.
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