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Keeping Track of the US Intelligence Community's Leakers
It's getting hard to keep track of the U.S. intelligence community leakers without a scorecard. -
U.S. Support for the Saudi Air Campaign in Yemen: The Legal Issues
For the past couple of weeks, a Saudi-led coalition has been engaged in a substantial air campaign against Houthi forces in Yemen. -
Homeland Security Committee's Cyber Bill a Missed Opportunity
Today, the House Homeland Security Committee marked up a cybersecurity information sharing bill that promised to be “the best of bunch” in terms of civil liberties protections among the cybersecurity inf... -
The AUMF is Dead. Long Live the AUMF.
The Hill is reporting this morning that Republican congressional leaders have declared the President's AUMF proposal dead: President Obama’s proposal for the use of military force against the Islamic Sta... -
Focusing on 702: A Brief Reply to the Brennan Center’s Liza Goitein and Faiza Patel
The Brennan Center’s Liza Goitein and Faiza Patel have posted a response to my post of last week challenging three of their recommendations in their recent report on the FISA Court. This post is a brief... -
Fixing the FISA Court by Fixing FISA: A Response to Carrie Cordero
Our friend Carrie Cordero has levied criticisms against three of the recommendations presented in our report, What Went Wrong With the FISA Court. We appreciate, as always, her constructive engagement wi... -
The Consequences of Congressional Inaction on the AUMF
Yesterday, I wrote about the consequences of congressional inaction over the next two months with respect to Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Today, I want to focus on another area where Congress is poise... -
The Clock is Ticking on the 215 Sunset---And Why That Matters
Tick. Tick. Tick. That's the sound of time slipping away before the June 1 sunset of the Patriot Act 215 provision. We're now within two months of the sunset. Congress does not seem to be bestirring its... -
Two New FISA Court Judges Designated
From the FISC’s website: “The Chief Justice has designated Judge James P. Jones of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and Judge Thomas B. Russell of the United States ... -
The Brennan Center Report on the FISA Court and Proposals for FISA Reform
As Wells noted when it first came out last month, the Brennan Center has a new report: What Went Wrong With the FISA Court. Despite the title, the report is really a condensed history of the Foreign Inte... -
Intelligence Squared US Debate: "The President Has Exceeded His Constitutional Authority By Waging War Without Congressional Authorization"
This evening, at 6:45 pm, Intelligence Squared US is holding a debate on the resolution: "The president has exceeded his constitutional authority by waging war without congressional authorization." Argui... -
The Power of Citizenship Bias
Following up on my post from last week on the report of the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the UK Parliament, which inter alia recommended that British law for the first time introduce dist...
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