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Stephen Preston Confirmation Hearing . . .
. . . coming up on Thursday before the Senate Armed Services Committee. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Craig Whitlock had a significant piece in the Washington Post over the weekend detailing the expanded use of surveillance drones outside of declared combat zones. -
Julian Sanchez on the Issue Behind the Hospital Room Scene
Last week, I posted these thoughts on the remaining mystery surrounding what the 2004 dispute that led to the famous hospital room showdown. I offered a couple of theories, based on Snowen-disclosed docu... -
Better Late than Never: Periodic Review Boards Finally (Re)Starting at GTMO
Well, it is not exactly being launched with fanfare, but it appears that the long-awaited Periodic Review Board (PRB) process is about to be relaunched at GTMO. So reports Carol Rosenberg, here. Let me... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #36: ODNI General Counsel Bob Litt Speaks at Brookings
On Friday, Brookings hosted Bob Litt, the General Counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. -
Where Edward Snowden and Mark Sanford Ought to Meet
I was relieved to see that there is no classified information on this trail marker along the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park. I had been worried. -
New Tech and National Security -- Google Glass
Earlier this year I started an episodic feature on new technology and how it might impact national security. My first offering was on a life logging system known as Memoto. At the time, I noted some in... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Robert S. Litt, General Counsel to the Director of National Intelligence, spoke at Brookings on Friday about surveillance law. Jane Chong and I had a great time previewing and then recapping the oral ar... -
A Recap of Friday's Oral Arguments in Al-Aulaqi v. Panetta
Despite the day (TGIF!), the weather (95 degrees and rising), and other developing national security news, the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse security checkpoint was brimming with people primed to hear ... -
CA4 Opinion in U.S. v. Sterling: No 1st Am, Common Law Journalist's Privilege for James Risen
It's a big news day in national security law for all kinds of reasons---one being today's opinion from the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Sterling. That, of course, is the prosecution against a fo... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Wells hosted Bob Litt, general counsel to the ODNI, this morning at Brookings, for an address about privacy and intelligence collection practices. Check out the C-SPAN video. -
ODNI GC Bob Litt Speaking at Brookings
Bob Litt, general counsel to the DNI, is speaking at the Brookings Institution at this hour on "Privacy, Technology and National Security: An Overview of Intelligence Collection." His prepared remarks ar...
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