Shane Harris reports over at Foreign Policy: Chris Inglis, the deputy director of the National Security Agency and its highest-ranking civilian leader, stepped down from his post this week and will form...

Ryan Lizza’s piece in this week’s New Yorker, “State of Deception,” is essential reading for those interested in surveillance and civil liberties.  It is a gripping account of the history of the NSA tele...

It is precarious to comment on a leaked version of broad conclusions from a government report.  But I think the NYT and WSJ accounts of the recommendations by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence...

I have only had a chance to look briefly at the Guantanamo-related provisions of the House-Senate compromise NDAA, but the text looks to me like a big win for the Obama administration---and for common se...

In case you're having trouble sleeping tonight, here is the 1,105-page full text of the compromise NDAA and the mere 532-page Joint Explanatory Statement on the bill. I'll have comments as soon as I go t...

Monday evening, Senate and House armed services committee leaders announced that a compromise has been largely reached with regard to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act. Among those matters incl...

That's the gist of tonight's report, from Politico's Josh Gerstein:   President Barack Obama said Thursday that he'll be reining in some of the snooping conducted by the National Security Agency, but he ...

Lawfare readers will recall that I earlier blogged about the Federal Trade Commission's case against Wyndham Hotels.  Under the mantle of its consumer protection mandate, the FTC has sought to impose civ...

The National Security Agency is down in the dumps. It’s used to being heralded for brilliance.

As we've noted, amendments spanning several issues, including cybersecurity, and anti-terrorism laws, have been put forth as add-ons to the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act.

When the Senate returns on December 9 to take up the National Defense Authorization Act, one of the more than 500 amendments Senators will consider is a provision that would amend the Anti-Terrorism Act ...