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A Lighter Side of the NSA Mess
The other day, I was driving down Massachusetts Avenue talking on my car's speaker phone system to Rajesh De, general counsel of the National Security Agency. Raj had called me on my Google Voice phone n... -
An Alternative to Rep. Schiff's Proposal for a FISA Special Advocate
On September 20th, Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, proposed legislation that would amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Thankfully, the seige in the Nairobi, Kenya mall has concluded, and authorities are shifting their focus to figuring out how it happened. Here's a pair of reporters from the New York Times with that news. -
Book Event on “Thank You For Your Service,” About Homecoming for Veterans
More than 2.5 million service members have served in Iraq or Afghanistan over the past 12 years of war. A number of terrific memoirs and histories have been written about their efforts in war. -
Revolutions Podcast
Here's something I am very excited about: the Revolutions Podcast. Revolutions, which describes itself as "a weekly podcast series examining great political revolutions," is the latest project of a guy n... -
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...
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