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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. -
The Original World Wide Web
In the category of "neat things you stumble upon" I recently came across this web page -- the ORIGINAL, first web page ever made publicly available on the World Wide Web. For those who don't know the st... -
John Villasenor on the Threat of Counterfeit Electronics
My Brookings colleague and occasional collaborator John Villasenor wrote in to flag a piece he's co-authored on the important topic of counterfeit electronics. From John: National security discussions o... -
Constitution Day Event at Georgetown on Surveillance Law
I was honored to moderate a panel at Georgetown Law on Constitution Day, entitled "A Constitutional Conversation: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in a Digital Era." The panel, composed of Geor... -
Former FBI Agent to Plead Guilty in AP Leaks Case
That's the sum and substance of this Washington Post piece, which begins: A former FBI bomb technician who later worked as a contractor for the Bureau has agreed to plead guilty to disclosing national de... -
Lawfare and Just Security
Given today’s launch of Just Security (of which I’m one of the co-editors-in-chief), I thought it worth saying a word or two about me and Lawfare, lest anyone get the wrong idea about the new project, or... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
It's been a dark weekend across the globe. The Westgate mall in Nairobi remains a war zone after al-Shabab militants opened fire on shoppers on Saturday, killing at least 62 and wounding almost 200. Her... -
Baker on Cybersecurity Post-Snowden
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Lawfare Podcast Episode #42: Welcome "Just Security"
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The D.C. Circuit and the Guantánamo Detainees' Right of Access to Counsel
In describing Hatim v. Obama (the D.C. Circuit Guantánamo appeal in which the government filed its opening brief on Friday) as the "counsel access" case, Raff has hit the nail on the head. -
Intelligence Squared Debate on Drone Program---And Ours
The latest episode of Intelligence² Debates is over the resolution, "The U.S. Drones Program is Fatally Flawed." It's an interesting program, though I have to say that I think the Oxford Union debate thi...
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