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The Week That Will Be
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The Foreign Policy Essay: Tensions in the Saudi-American Relationship
Editor’s Note: Since the outbreak of the Arab Spring in December 2010, commentators have regularly described relations between Washington and Riyadh as strained at best and near collapse at worst. The po... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week, let's start with the courts. Ben flagged the Second Circuit’s decision ordering that the government to release the legal memos that justify the targeted killing of Anwar Al Awlaki. -
The Week that Will Be
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"Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA," by John Rizzo
Published by Scribner (2013) Reviewed by Benjamin Wittes -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Revenge of the Great Game
Editor’s Note: The recent events in Ukraine have dredged up memories of an era of great-power competition and territorial conquest driven by imperialistic ambitions that many observers believed had been ... -
Readings: NSA Report on the 702 Program
Below is the text of a Report/public comment on the 702 program submitted by the NSA Civil Liberties and Privacy Office to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), dated April 16, 2014. I... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Coming off of the heartbleed scare, attention this week still focused on internet vulnerabilities. -
"The Anti-Democratic, Anti-Transparency Ideology that Prevails at Lawfare"
I learned a lot about Lawfare---and about myself---yesterday from Conor Friedersdorf's rather bitter critique of my post on the decision to award the Pulitzer public service award to the Guardian and the... -
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The Foreign Policy Essay: Preventing the Proliferation of Armed Drones
Editor’s Note: Drone warfare and its many implications is a favorite subject for Lawfare readers. Yet even as the United States develops policies for the use of drones on and off the battlefield, it must... -
The Week That Was
Once again, FISA was front and center on Laware this week. Tim Edgar gave us a lesson in intelligence surveillance law 101, defining terms like “incidental collection” and “collection over the wire.” Ch... -
The National Security Agency at the Crossroads: Audio of Sessions
The following is audio of the conference last week in Austin hosted by the Intelligence Studies Project, a joint venture of the Strauss Center and Clements Center at the University of Texas at Austin. -
LIVE: Hearing at House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
As he noted below, Ben is testifying in front of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. The title of the hearing is "Is al-Qaeda Winning? -
Lawfare on the Hill
Two hearings this week to take note of: Tomorrow, Tuesday April 8th at 2pm: The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade will hold a hearing on "Is al-Qaeda Winning? -
The Week That Will Be
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The Foreign Policy Essay: Saudi Arabia Dumps the Brotherhood
Editor’s Note: The Arab Spring and the subsequent backlash from authoritarian regimes have created new rifts in the Middle East. One of the biggest new divides is between those who support and those who ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Let’s begin with NSA news: Wells flagged a joint DNI and AG statement announcing that the government will seek a 90-day extension of the current 215 program as an interim measure pending reform legislati... -
"Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy," by Rahul Sagar
Published by Princeton University Press (2013) Reviewed by Steven Aftergood -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We begin the week with cybersecurity. On Friday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave a lengthy speech on cyber policy at Gen. Keith Alexander's retirement ceremony. The Secretary stated that the Pentag...
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