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PCLOB Testifies Before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Surveillance
The hearing is happening now, and can be viewed over at the Judiciary Committee's website or at C-SPAN. The witnesses from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will be: The Honorable David M... -
The ISIS Expulsion and the AUMF
Karen DeYoung and Greg Miller report in the WP that Al-Qaeda’s recent expulsion of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has raised questions about whether the AUMF “still applies” to ISIS. -
Reactions to Stories on Possible New U.S. Citizen Strike
Some thoughts on this morning’s drone strike news (NYT, WSJ). The NYT says that President Obama’s announcement last May of an intention “to gradually shift drone operations from the C -
Official Announcement of Permissible Uses of Bulk Collection
One of the policy questions kicked to the DNI in PDD-28 was defining the permissible uses of bulk collection. Thanks to Thomas Earnest over at Just Security, I just noticed that the DNI has now done so. -
Josh Gerstein on Piracy and Terrorism Trials
Over at Politico, Josh Gerstein has an interesting piece on the Ali piracy case, and its potential implications for terrorism cases. The article---which quotes Jen Daskal and Cully Stimson, among others... -
What Would Have Been Big News: The Daoud Disclosure Order
As Wells noted last week, there was a significant decision regarding FISA, in the Northern District of Illinois, on January 29th. In the case of United States v. Daoud, Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman order... -
WaPo on the Scope of NSA's Telephone Metadata Collection
This just in from the Post's Ellen Nakashima: The National Security Agency is collecting less than 30 percent of all Americans’ call records because of an inabilit -
Bipartisan Group of Senators Push for Congressional Vote Before Extending Afghanistan Troop Presence
That is the title of this press release by Senator Jeff Merkley, announcing a resolution “calling for Congress to have a role in approving any further United States military involvement in Afghanistan af... -
Yeah, but What Does Jameel Jaffer Really Think?
Here's his response, published at Just Security, to my post this morning about legal density and NSA: Over at Lawfare, Ben Wittes is making excuses for the intelligence officials who’ve been saying th... -
Judge Bates and a FISA "Special Advocate"
In the midst of the hubbub over the PRG and PCLOB reports and the President's speech, one of January's more interesting developments in the FISA reform conversation has largely gone unaddressed (albeit n... -
Today at 10am: A Boatload of Hearings on the Hill
Today at 10am, there will be a number of hearings that may be of interest to Lawfare readers: House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities." Link is here. T... -
Rick H. Ledgett Jr. Named Deputy Director of the NSA
That's the word from the NSA/CSS. From today's release: GEN Keith Alexander – Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, NSA/Chief, CSS – is pleased to announce that Richard "Rick" Ledgett is now the 15th ...
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