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Judiciary Committee Hearing for Head of NSD on Now
The Senate Judiciary Committee is currently holding a hearing regarding several of President Obama's nominations, which include that of John Carlin, nominated for the position of Assistant Attorney Gener... -
From IC On The Record: A response to the Times Editorial, and the FISC Renews the Telephony Metadata Program
Two important releases showed up on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's Tumblr on Friday. First, the General Counsel for the ODNI, Bob Litt, responded to the New York Times Edward Snow... -
Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part IV
Closing out our discussion of the Review Group recommendations in Chapter IV, let's consider the latter two recommendations of the chapter: Recommendations #14 and #15. Recommendation #14 is, to me anyw... -
Part III: The Diamond Buried Deep in the Surveillance Review Group Report
What follows is the last in a short, three-post assessment of selected aspects of the surveillance review group report. In this post, I highlight what is, in my view, the most productive of the review gr... -
Part II: Observations on Selected Surveillance Review Group Themes
Yesterday, I raised issues regarding the review group’s process and deliberations. Today’s post focuses on several of the major themes of the report. Tomorrow’s third, and final, post will address what m... -
A Three-Post Reaction to the Surveillance Review Group Report
Over the past week and a half, writers on this site have provided comprehensive and detailed summaries of the surveillance review group report, along with some observations and assessments, as well as sh... -
Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part III
In Parts I and II of this series, I focused on the Review Group recommendations from Chapter III of the group's report. Starting in this post, I turn to the recommendations of Chapter IV, which deal with... -
Judge Pauley's Section 215 Opinion: A Summary
As Raffaela reported, on Friday Judge William H. Pauley III of the Southern District of New York held that bulk telephony metadata collection under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act is lawful, and therefore... -
The ATA Amendment and Congressional Earmarks for Plaintiffs' Lawyers
When President Obama signed the NDAA of 2014 yesterday, the Act did not include the amendment to the Anti-Terrorism Act, about which I posted earlier this month that would have allowed suits by non-US na... -
President Obama Signs 2014 NDAA, Releases Statement on GTMO Provisions
The president's statement today upon signing the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act focuses almost exclusively on the provisions related to the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. -
Assessing the Review Group Recommendations: Part I
The report of the President’s Review Group on NSA matters has already received widespread attention, some of it high altitude, some of it more granular. It’s an ambitious document, both conceptually and ... -
President Review Group's Recommendations: FISA-Related Proposals
The President Review Group's ("PRG") Report, released last week, makes nearly four-dozen individual recommendations related to foreign intelligence surveillance, privacy, civil liberties oversight respon...
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