Back in early September, I discussed Germany’s deep concern about allegations that the United States had been conducting surveillance on foreign leaders’ email and phone conversations.  At the time, Germ...

In what could be a consequential move, federal prosecutors this week informed a man accused of providing material support to the Islamic Jihad Union ("IJU") that they intend to "offer into evidence or ot...

I haven't watched this yet. Will publish thoughts on it after I have done so---if I have any. In the meantime, here are Josh Gerstein's from Politico:

White House counterterrorism adviser Lisa Monaco has a piece in USA Today on NSA surveillance matters. The key paragraph: All three branches of government play a role in overseeing our intelligence activ...

Today defense counsel to Mustafa al Hawsawi in United States v. Mohammed et al, the 9/11 case, delivered this letter to President Obama.

A diplomatic disaster for the United States is currently unfolding in Berlin. The revelation that the NSA may have monitored cell phone conversations and text messages of Chancellor Angela Merkel has led...

The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence was to have had a hearing today on proposed reforms to the NSA surveillance programs.  I was invited as a witness on a panel with Steve Bradbury and S...

As part of our work on a chapter for an upcoming book on Madisonian thought and contemporary public policy, Ben and I wrote this piece for Security States about James Madison's vacillations on executive ...

Having gained no purchase in federal district courts in countering NSA's telephony metadata program, privacy activists are attempting a different strategy: taking the fight directly to the United States ...

How long will the enhanced security state in America last?  Apparently, some think it will be "for the rest of time."  That has to be wrong. As readers of this blog know, I live on Capitol Hill and walk...

As Yahoo News reports,the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has published an order granting Yahoo and the government's joint motion to allow Yahoo pre-publication access to FISC documents after dec...

Over at the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf takes a peek at my ideology in response to my critique of the Washington Post's recent story on NSA collection of email contact lists overseas. I'm glad he did.