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The Merits of Supporting 702 Reauthorization (Despite Worries About Trump and the Rule of Law)
The Senate voted by a razor-thin margin Tuesday to invoke cloture on the FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017, which would reauthorize for six years Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveil... -
Trump Tweets Against a Key National Security Priority
President Trump tweeted lies against his own intelligence community in the course of signaling opposition to a legislative priority of his own administration on a crucial national security priority at an... -
FISA Section 702 Reauthorization Resource Page
Last month, Congress extended the Dec. 31 deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act until Jan. 19. With 10 days to go and an expected flurry of legislative activity before a final bi... -
Summary: U.K. Intelligence and Security Committee Annual Report
On Dec. 20, the U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee issued its annual report. -
Will an Amendment to Israel's National Security Law Change the Rules of the Game?
The constitutional authority over the use of force by the United States has been a subject of ongoing legal and political debates, including on Lawfare. There are disagreements about the proper scope of ... -
Assessing the Bipartisan Secure Elections Act
On Dec. 21, all eyes were on the Republican bill to cut taxes. Yet a bipartisan group of six senators also had their eyes on the far less sexy (but still important!) topic of election hacking. They quiet... -
New Approaches to Intelligence Oversight in the U.K.
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The Year in Review: FISA Section 702
Lawfare carried comprehensive coverage of this year’s developments in the lead up to the Dec. 31, 2017 reauthorization deadline for Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (along with the other provisions... -
Congress Buys Itself Another Three Weeks on Section 702
On Dec. 21, the House and Senate voted 238-188 and 66-32, respectively, to pass a concurring resolution extending government funding until Jan. 19, 2018. One provision of that bill extended the FISA Amen... -
Document: Independent Assessment of British Counterterrorism Intelligence
The following is an independent assessment by British barrister David Anderson of nine internal reviews of British intelligence in connection with four terrorist attacks in the spring and summer of 2017. -
Live Stream: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Use of Force
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on "Using Force: Strategic, Political, and Legal Considerations." The committee will hear testimony from the fol... -
Livestream: Rosenstein Testifies Before House Judiciary on DOJ Oversight
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is testifying Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. before the House Judiciary Committee on Justice Department oversight. Watch the live stream below.
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