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"Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific," by Robert D. Kaplan
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David Barron, Targeted Killing, and Rand Paul's Wrongheaded Oped
"I believe that killing an American citizen without a trial is an extraordinary concept and deserves serious debate," writes Sen. Rand Paul in an oped in the New York Times this morning. "I can’t imagine... -
The New York Times on David Barron
This was bound to happen eventually, I suppose: the New York Times editorial page has gotten behind the effort to hold up David Barron's judicial nomination. Sort of. Calling Barron, whom Obama has nomin... -
Der Spiegel on U.S.-German Relations
A very interesting article in Der Spiegel about U.S.-German relations, the NSA investigation, and Ukraine in light of Angela Merkel's recent trip to Washington. The bottom line is that the Ukraine crisis... -
Hypocrisy Revealed! U.S. Exploits Vulnerabilities, Gathers Foreign Intelligence
We now know the shocking truth. The FBI has successfully exploited a software vulnerability to obtain access, through recruited hackers, to networks operated by the governments of Brazil, Pakistan, Nige... -
"The Anti-Democratic, Anti-Transparency Ideology that Prevails at Lawfare"
I learned a lot about Lawfare---and about myself---yesterday from Conor Friedersdorf's rather bitter critique of my post on the decision to award the Pulitzer public service award to the Guardian and the... -
The Washington Post and Guardian Pulitzers: I Dissent
I know it is rude and churlish to offer anything but warm congratulations when former colleagues win a major prize—much less journalism's most prestigious award. -
NSA Knew About and Exploited Heartbleed---Unless it Didn't
The other day, walking out of Aikido class, I was chatting with a friend about Heartbleed. I joked that the latest revelation reminded me of a scene from the classic Martin Scorsese movie, After Hours. I... -
President Obama's Metadata Proposal: A Win for Everyone?
The ACLU is declaring President Obama's announcement today of his proposal for reform of the 215 program "a major step in the right direction and a victory for privacy." Jameel Jaffer, writing over at Ju... -
James Risen Needs to Read the NYT
Andrew Beaujon at Poynter reports that at last week’s Sources and Secrets conference, NYT reporter James Risen, who is fighting a subpoena for information in the Jeffrey Sterling trial, made these remark... -
A Very Brief Reply to Glenn Greenwald
Over at his new publication, The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald has a piece taking to task those criticizing Edward Snowden for news stories that, in fact, reflect the editorial judgments of the newspapers t... -
Did the CIA Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by Accessing Intelligence Committee Computers?
Senator Feinstein recently claimed that the CIA may have violated the federal computer hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, by searching computers used by the Intelligence Committee to cond...
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