Israelis are a politically vocal bunch.  So I wasn’t particularly surprised to encounter a mass of protestors gathered before the Prime Minister’s house, as I meandered through Jerusalem’s affluent Talbi...

Editor's Note: As the U.S. military draws down in Afghanistan, the large-scale conventional military component of the “war on terror” may be at an end. Yet Al Qaeda is tied to many of the insurgencies cu...

The document was released late yesterday afternoon.  Here 'tis: Earlier this year in a speech at the Department of Justice, President Obama announced a transition that would end the Section 215 bulk tele...

In yesterday’s New York Times, Ben Weiser reported that Abu Ghaith’s case has renewed the “debate” over civilian terrorism trials.

Over at Just Security, Marty Lederman has an interesting piece about a Guantanamo case the Supreme Court has relisted three times for consideration at conference. He writes: The Supreme Court has reliste...

The ACLU is declaring President Obama's announcement today of his proposal for reform of the 215 program "a major step in the right direction and a victory for privacy." Jameel Jaffer, writing over at Ju...

Here it is, in full; an excerpt containing a sketch of the White House's proposed legislation is below. Consistent with this directive, DOJ and the IC developed options designed to meet the criteria the ...