Sorry, I just couldn't resist the title which does not reflect my true feelings about CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2014.  Approved earlier this month by the Senate Intelligence Comm...

That is the title of a NYT story this morning by Landler, Gordon, and Mazzetti.  The “Blueprint” they have in mind is the one the President laid out at West Point, which (in their words) "relies less on ...

One of the most eagerly awaited aspects of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board ("PCLOB") report on section 702 surveillance was how the PCLOB would treat human rights issues.  In January, 201...

Get it? Actually, I don't think they did either. It's a cute coincidence. But at any rate, the PCLOB has announced that it will be releasing its report on FISA 702 collection this evening at 9:00 pm: The...

While the rest of the world is watching the Supreme Court's final decision day of the year, it's been a busy time in the cyber world as well.  Herewith seven (!) bits and bytes of interest, in no particu...

I'm surprised this hasn't generated more attention: First, an article in the New York Times yesterday mentioned, right at the very end, the possibility that in addition to the 300 special operators heade...

That's the gist of this Rule 28(j) letter, regarding pertinent post-argument authority.  It was filed today with the D.C. Circuit by lawyers for Ali Hamza Ahmad Suliman al Bahlul, whose case could be dec...

President Obama yesterday sent the letter to the Speaker of the House, and to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.  Its text reads as follows: Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) As I reported o...

Earlier this morning, we featured a post regarding key developments in the Mohamud criminal case in Oregon.

Coincidentally, they come to us from two different federal judges in the District of Oregon. The first decision concludes that remedial mechanisms associated with the so-called "No Fly" list violate due...