The President’s speech and accompanying Policy Directive together announce all manner of changes; it will take a while to grasp them all. In the meantime, here's an off-the-cuff reaction: I reckon we wil...

Below is the full text of President Obama's speech: Remarks of President Barack Obama Results of our Signals Intelligence Review January 17, 2014 Washington, D.C.  

This Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-28) on Signals Intelligence Activities is being released today in conjunction with the President's speech in a few minutes. It opens: The United States, like othe...

Hmmmm. Here's a very interesting few paragraphs from the Wall Street Journal: The president's speech, to be delivered at the Justice Department, caps a process that was similar to the one he undertook on...

I keep getting media inquiries today asking me for predictions about what President Obama is going be saying tomorrow. Short answer: How the heck should I know? The President's speech-writing team doesn'...

On December 18, the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology released its much anticipated report, Liberty and Security in a Changing World. Tomorrow, President Obama will g...

Last fall, during the debate on airstrikes in Syria, commentators argued that the United States needed to act in order to preserve the credibility of American threats.

Yesterday, U.S. District Judge John Bates sent over two documents----a summary cover letter and a more detailed analysis---to the Senate Intelligence Committee.  Delivered in Bates's capacity as the Dire...

Did the government reveal the presence of US military advisors in Somalia in order to beat the Guardian or some other Snowden outlet to the punch? Earlier today, Jack posted about the likelihood that th...