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Nick Asks the NSA: Signaling System 7 (SS7)
A challenge to effective Congressional oversight of the NSA is the difficult in even knowing the right questions to ask, even when the answers are classified and can only be provided within the SSCI SCIF... -
Burr-Feinstein Encryption Legislation Officially Released
Last week, the Hill obtained a draft copy of Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Richard Burr's (R-NC) much discussed encryption legislation . Today, the senators made it official, releasing the Complia... -
Beyond Privacy & Security: The Role of the Telecommunications Industry in Electronic Surveillance
The court fight between Apple and FBI over access to a terrorist iPhone is just the latest chapter in the long-running tension between security professionals trying to get access to information and commu... -
Draft Feinstein-Burr Encryption Bill is Here
The Hill has obtained a draft of Senators Dianne Feinstein and Richard Burr's much-discussed and long-awaited encryption bill, entitled the "Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016." The bill is designe... -
Lisa Monaco Speech at University of Texas
Bobby Chesney and Steve Slick have posted video of the remarkable conference last week at University of Texas at which Lisa Monaco spoke. Here is the text of her remarks: -
A Coherent Middle Ground in the Apple-FBI All Writs Act Dispute?
The very public fight between Apple and the FBI over the last six weeks has not only reinvigorated the broader debate over the “going dark” concern (and the larger, age-old tension between privacy and se... -
Do the Strikes on al Shabaab Stretch the AUMF or The Unit Self-defense Doctrine?
Charlie Savage’s piece on the legal basis for the March 5 U.S. strike against an al Shabaab training camp, which allegedly killed 150 fighters, raises the intriguing question of whether the AUMF has been... -
The Danger To Scalia's Legacy In the Republican's Garland Strategy
Over at Time I have an essay on the Garland nomination. Following on a point Ben made yesterday, I argue: -
Merrick Garland, National Security Lawyer
Judge Merrick Garland has some experience with what he is about to go through: being stonewalled by senators who profess to have nothing against him. Back in 1995, when he was nominated to the D.C. Circu... -
Boots on the Ground in Somalia: Acting "By, With, and Through" a Local Partner to Minimize Friction
These days, when the United States plays the lead role in using lethal force or detaining and interrogating prisoners, the force typically involves only airpower and detention-and-interrogation typically... -
House Judiciary Hearing on International Conflicts of Law Concerning Cross Border Data Flow
The House Judiciary Committee heard testimony today on "International Conflicts of Law Concerning Cross Border Data Flow and Law Enforcement Requests." The two-panel hearing included remarks from Princip... -
French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Data Copying During Warrantless Searches
On Friday, February 19, the Constitutional Council upheld two articles of the state-of-emergency law—meeting bans and warrantless searches—as constitutional, but struck down a provision allowing the poli...
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