Last week, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) approved its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2014.

I am participating today and tomorrow at a seminar at Roger Williams University Law School, entitled Cyber Threats and Cyber Realities.  It is being hosted by our Lawfare guest contributor Peter Marguile...

It is dated this Friday, and begins as follows: Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) I am providing this supplemental consolidated report, prepared by my Administration and consistent with the War Po...

Over the last 24 hours, the House debated and voted on nearly 200 amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 1960). Many of these amendments were approved via "voice vote" (there ...

This week, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) filed two amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act for 2014 (H.R. 1960).  The first, co-sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and James Moran (D-VA), provi...

OMB has issued a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) pointing out White House objections to various elements in pending NDAA legislation (H.R.

The White House has now officially announced the President's intent to nominate Stephen Preston as General Counsel of the Pentagon. The statement says in relevant part: Stephen W. Preston, Nominee for G...

Pardon the interruption from all-things-surveillance, but pursuant to our back and forth with Bobby, Jack, Matt, and Ben on the merits of a new AUMF, Representative Adam Schiff, a senior member of the Ho...

President Obama and his team pledged in 2009 to work hard with Congress to close GTMO.  There appeared to be little White House follow-up for the next four years, however.  And indeed, the administration...

Apropos of Jack's post: here's the Chairman's mark of the National Defense Authorization bill for 2014. Among many, many other things, the draft legislation requires the Secretary of Defense to notify c...