I'm very pleased to report the latest venture of the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas (co-sponsored by the Strauss Center and the Clements Center):  a conference addressing the con...

The document was released late yesterday afternoon.  Here 'tis: Earlier this year in a speech at the Department of Justice, President Obama announced a transition that would end the Section 215 bulk tele...

The ACLU is declaring President Obama's announcement today of his proposal for reform of the 215 program "a major step in the right direction and a victory for privacy." Jameel Jaffer, writing over at Ju...

Here it is, in full; an excerpt containing a sketch of the White House's proposed legislation is below. Consistent with this directive, DOJ and the IC developed options designed to meet the criteria the ...

The chief justice, I am informed, has designated Judge Thomas F. Hogan to serve as the next presiding judge of the FISC, starting in May. Judge Hogan's term as Presiding Judge will continue through May 1...

By now you've likely heard: the President will back a legislative proposal to end the NSA's bulk collection of telephony metadata.  And Congressmen Mike Rogers and Dutch Ruppersburger, the Chairman and R...

Further to my post yesterday, the administration has sent this letter to Congress in relation to the Uganda mission, using the usual "consistent with the War Powers Resolution" formulation.

Should the War Powers Resolution "clock" be running in Uganda?

This just in from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court---in the person of its Presiding Judge, Reggie Walton, and regarding data retention issues. These have arisen, of course, in light of the FIS...

Last week I noted an interesting exchange on AUMF renewal (and life in a post-AUMF world) during Michael Lumpkin's March 11 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.  When Lumpkin appeared be...