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The Latest NSA Documents VI: Non-Compliance Redux, With More DOJ
Next came a period of relative calm, and somewhat less wrist-slappy FISC-NSA dynamics. The respite nevertheless was short-lived, judging by the final three documents in this week’s trove of declassified... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
To really switch things up, let's begin with non-Syria news today. -
New FISC Opinion: ACLU Has Standing to Seek 215 Opinions in FISC, Must Pursue Some 215 Opinions in FOIA Litigation; USG to Report on Declassification of Other 215 Opinions
That is the gist of this unclassified FISC opinion, penned by U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV, today. It resolves a motion, which was brought by the ACLU's national and Washington, D.C. -
Shane Harris on General Alexander
Shane Harris has a long piece in FP about NSA Director Keith Alexander entitled The Cowboy of the NSA. Harris shows, with nice detail and color, how Alexander has engaged for years in an all-out drive t... -
Recriminations, Pendulum Swings, and What is Probably Happening at NSA
This is speculation. I have no hard facts or evidence to support it. But I am convinced to a moral certainty that NSA is scaling back certain collection. That is not something I say with pleasure or tri... -
The Latest NSA Documents V: the NSA Investigates Its Metadata Compliance Problems, Takes Remedial Steps, and Reports Back to the FISC
The latest installment in the NSA declassification story comprises five documents. The first is an internal NSA compliance review; the second is a court filing regarding that review. The latter also re... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
While the Obama administration quickly backs away from a military strike on Syria, the CIA has been delivering weapons to Syrian rebels and the State Department is providing vehicles and gear, reports th... -
Bethlehem and Verdirame on the Legality of Syria Intervention
For those interested in arguments about international law and possible military intervention in Syria, I highly recommend great essays by two authors from the United Kingdom (as readers may recall, the U... -
The Latest NSA Documents IV: Things Get Worse
The next key date in the metadata saga was February 26, 2009---that is, about a month after the government initially had apprised the court of a violation of the its procedures for querying collected met... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #41: Nathan Myhrvold on Strategic Terrorism
Back in July, we published the second paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series, an essay entitled "Strategic Terrorism: A Call to Action" by Nathan Myhrvold. -
The Latest NSA Documents III: The Government Responds
On February 12, 2009, the government submitted a 28-page brief and 93 pages of supporting documentation to the FISC in response to the court’s January 28, 2009 order. The brief opens with two clear conce... -
The Latest NSA Documents II: The Crap Hits the Fan
The story starts in May 2006, when the FISA Court granted the FBI’s application for telecommunications companies to turn over certain “tangible things” to the NSA under Section 215. The “tangible things,...
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