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The Latest NSA Documents I: Introduction and the Entire Series
The latest cache of NSA documents---a group released yesterday related to errors in collection under Section 215---follows the same basic narrative pattern as the agency’s earlier release concerning impl... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
On the twelfth anniversary of 9/11 and the first anniversary of the Benghazi attack, we pause for a few moments to remember the lives that were lost and to reflect upon the consequences of those two trag... -
The Most Puzzling Line of the President's Speech
The most puzzling line in the President’s strange speech last night was this: [E]ven though I possess the authority to order military strikes, I believed it was right, in the absence of a direct or immin... -
Shades of 9/11: Borrowing E.B. White
Prescience In 1948, E.B. White penned a little essay that would become a little book. “The city,” he wrote, “is like poetry: it compresses all life, all races and breeds, into a small island and adds mu... -
John Carlin nominated to be Assistant Attorney General - National Security Division
Congratulations to John Carlin, who has been serving as the acting head of NSD since this past March. From the White House comes the formal announcement of his nomination: THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the ... -
More NSA Surveillance Documents Declassified
Like its predecessor, this latest cache apparently was released in connection with a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. -
Oral Argument Recap: Hentif v. Obama
On Monday morning---after a marathon argument in a well publicized net neutrality case---the D.C. Circuit turned to this question, in the case of Hentif v. Obama: whether the appellant timely noted his a... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
You've likely heard: in a bid to avert action by the United States, Russia has proposed that Syria abandon its chemical weapons stockpiles. -
"Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin-Laden's Final Plot Against America," by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman
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Ben, Me, and the Very Gray Area Between "Clearly Legal" and Lawlessness
[Updated (11:34 a.m.): Ben rightly points out to me that his reply does not use the phrases "clearly legal" or "settled," and so my use of quotation marks around those terms may convey the wrong impressi... -
A Brief Reply to Steve
In his response to my post in defense of the NSA, Steve raises a few issues about my claim that the "NSA's activities are legal." I would like to address them each very briefly. First, he asks, "does Be... -
Government Files Response in Aamer v. Obama
Last Wednesday the government filed its response brief in Aamer v. Obama, the force-feeding case on appeal in the D.C. Circuit. The appellants, three Guantánamo detainees, filed their appeal on Aug. 5, c...
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