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The Real Story Behind Citizenfour's Oscar
Like a lot of Lawfare readers, we were pretty surprised by Citizenfour's triumph at the Oscars last night. It wasn't just that there was Glenn Greenwald, foe of all things mainstream, holding---of all th... -
The New York Times Public Editor Backs James Risen's "Truth-Telling"
Soon after Jack posted this piece on James Risen’s attacks on Eric Holder, which Ben had criticized earlier, the New York Times’s Public Editor, Margaret Sullivan, wrote a post in support of Risen’s twee... -
Risen, Holder, and Journalists’ Sensitivity to Accountability
I largely agree with Ben’s critique of James Risen’s sharp twitter criticisms of Attorney General Holder, but want to add (or reiterate) several points. First, to underscore what Ben says, the absence o... -
James Risen's Twitter Tirade Against Eric Holder
Yesterday, speaking at the National Press Club, Attorney General Eric Holder was asked a question about the Obama administration's prosecution of leakers, and he offered the following thoughts: Question:... -
Pew Poll on Investigative Journalists and Digital Security
This is interesting. From the Pew Research Center: About two-thirds of investigative journalists surveyed (64%) believe that the U.S. government has probably collected data about their phone calls, email... -
Brookings Debates Arming Ukraine
Recent comments by Secretary of Defense-nominee Ashton Carter and Secretary of State -
The Intercept, SecureDrop, and Foreign Intelligence Services: A Response
Those readers who do not spend a lot of time on Twitter may have missed the beating Ben has been taking there for this post last week suggesting that the folks at The Intercept may be overestimating thei... -
Safe Havens Still Matter
Micah Zenko and Amelia M. Wolf, both with the Council on Foreign Relations, have a new piece in Foreign Policy which argues against the “myth” that safe havens allow terrorists a space in which to flouri... -
Senator Feinstein on the CIA Accountability Review Board
To the long-running story of the CIA-SSCI dispute--and to its most recent chapter, regarding the conclusions of a CIA Accountability Review Board---we can add today's statement by Senator Dianne Feinstei... -
Moral Obtuseness, Guantanamo, Boko Haram, and the Media
This morning's BBC’s NewsHour show opened with a news judgment reflecting a genuinely odd moral calculus. At the end of the show’s headlines section, announcer James Menendez says: “coming up later in t... -
There is Nothing Wrong with Comey Criticizing the NYT
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Misunderstanding Terrorism: Charlie Hebdo Didn't Provoke the Killers
Some commentators who have condemned the Charlie Hebdo killings have, in the same breath, criticized the publication for being unnecessarily provocative.
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