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Transparency and Surveillance
Tim Edgar has a unique perspective on national security surveillance. He's an ACLU lawyer who went to work for the White House and did intelligence law from the inside. Now he is out again (at Brown) a... -
Former NSA Officials Allege Large-Scale Domestic Content Collection
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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
In breaking news, Edward Snowden is no longer holed up in an airport terminal---he has been granted asylum for one year in Russia. Several Latin American countries had granted Snowden's request for perm... -
NSA Director General Keith Alexander Speaks at the Black Hat Conference
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Putting A Lot of Distance Between Lawfare and the Lawfare Project
Back when we founded Lawfare nearly three years ago, I got a call from a woman named Brooke Goldstein, who runs a group called The Lawfare Project based in New York. She was interested in possible collab... -
Oral Argument in GTMO Hunger Strike Case Scheduled in D.C. Circuit
The D.C. Circuit today scheduled oral argument in Aamer v. Obama, a Guantanamo hunger strike case. (The court recently refused to the petitioners' request for an emergency injunction against forced-feed... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein penned a Washington Post op-ed. -
FISC Order Authorizing the Collection of Telephone Metadata & Reports to Congress on Bulk Collection Program
Here's the "Primary Collection Order" authorizing the collection of telephone metadata, signed by FISC Judge Roger Vinson (signed April 25 and expiring on July 19th, 2013), declassified. Also declassifi... -
Today's Senate Judiciary Hearing on the FISA Surveillance Programs
A big hearing is taking place this morning at 9am before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Media report that the Verizon order will be declassified at this hearing. Catch it live at the -
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"We Steal Secrets"
In light of yesterday's events in the Bradley Manning case, I really want to see this fascinating-looking documentary: -
Final Word on the Bahlul Brief
Steve’s latest insightful and well-argued comments on Former Government Officials and Military Lawyers’ amicus brief in al Bahlul highlight one important difference between us, but obscure that issue wit...
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