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Why These Leaks Hurt
[Editor's Note: Carrie Cordero is a frequent Lawfare guest poster, a former Justice Department official, and currently Director of National Security Studies at Georgetown University Law Center] As some... -
President Obama Comments on Data Mining
The New York Times reports on President Obama’s first public comments on the NSA and FBI surveillance programs. Updated: Check out the C-SPAN video. -
Congress on the FISA Order and Data Mining Stories
The following roundup is a running list of pertinent statements and quotes from lawmakers in Congress on the FISA order calling for Verizon to turn over customers' phone records, as well as the news abou... -
Transcript of HASC Debate on GTMO Transfer Amendment
The House Armed Services Committee was hard at work marking up the National Defense Authorization Act for the upcoming fiscal year. We have a transcript of the debate over Democratic Congressman Adam Smi... -
DNI Statement on Guardian and WaPo Stories
Here it is. The full text---which addresses last night's data mining stories in the press---is as follows: DNI Statement on Activities Authorized Under Section 702 of FISA The Guardian and The Washingto... -
DNI Statement on the Verizon Story
ODNI has released a statement commenting on the Verizon story. It underscores my point just now about the importance of minimization procedures, but also reminds me that it is perhaps even more importan... -
Can You Understand These Data Collection Stories Without Understanding the Minimization Procedures?
Four comments on today's Washington Post story (and the Verizon story on domestic and foreign data collection): First, today's Post story reminded me of this very interesting 2008 post from David Kris. ... -
Deputy Principal Press Secretary Josh Earnest talks to Reporters about the FISA Order
White House Deputy Principal Press Secretary Josh Earnest spoke to the press on Air Force One on the way to Mooresville, NC, where President Obama is set to make an announcement today on education. The c... -
A Correction and a Reiteration
As I was getting on the long flight home from Thailand, Wells and I realized that I had made a considerable error in my earlier post on the NSA data collection effort. In reading the FISA Court's order, ... -
More NSA and FBI Collection: WaPo on Mining of Technology Company Data
It had been a big NSA and FBI news day already. Along came this Washington Post story, which made it even bigger. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Let’s begin with the news everyone did a huge double take when they came across: the NSA’s collection of Verizon customers’ phone records for a three month period. -
Senate Intel Members on Verizon Order: Nothing to See Here
That's the gist of this Politico report, which adds new details about congressional oversight and the FISC order directed at metadata for Verizon customers' communications. Some members have expressed c...
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