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A Few Observations on Wikileaks and Vault7: Hacking at the CIA
Nick Weaver wins the prize for rapid response, but a few additional observations might be helpful. First, I echo Nick’s observation that it’s hardly a surprise that the CIA has a bunch of its own hackin... -
The CIA’s No Good, Very Bad, Totally Awful Tuesday
It is now almost Lawfare tradition that when interesting classified technical documents are dumped, I take advantage of my lack of security clearance to do an initial analysis. (I’ll leave for another da... -
Ten More Questions for President Trump
Yesterday, I posed ten questions for President Trump in response to his bizarre Twitter temper tantrum accusing his predecessor of wiretapping Trump Tower in the days before the election. -
Ten Questions for President Trump
This morning, the country awoke to a bizarre tweetstorm from the President of the United States, about which I have ten questions. First off, here's what Trump tweeted: Donald Trump's Morning Tweet Sto... -
Video: House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Section 702
This morning, the House Judiciary Committee is hearing testimony on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The hearing will consist of testimony from two panels of witnesses, one close... -
Today's Section 702 Hearing: Prepared Testimony and Ideas for Reform
The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing today starting at 10am on the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Earlier in 2016, Lawfare, in conjunction with the Hoov... -
Why Electronic Surveillance Reform is Necessary
Editor's Note: A full version of this paper, complete with citations, can be found here. *** -
Trump’s DOJ to Assert State Secrets Privilege in Salim v. Mitchell
It looks like the DOJ is going to invoke the state secrets privilege after all in the latest CIA torture suit brought by former detainees, marking the first time that the Trump administration will use th... -
It’s Not About Mike Flynn
As Lawfare readers know, someone in government leaked the news that Michael Flynn did indeed discuss sanctions in his post-election phone calls with Russia’s Ambassador to the United States, Sergey Kisly... -
The Law of Leaks
The President is having a bad week. His National Security Adviser has resigned in disgrace as accusations of improper contacts between then-Candidate Trump and his associates embroil the already chaotic ... -
Closing Section 702 “Backdoor Search Loophole” Also Means Companion Reforms to Use Restrictions
With FISA Section 702 set to expire at the end of the year, Congress will soon move to a debate over reform and reauthorization for the first time since the Snowden revelations. Undoubtedly, one high-pro... -
Harold Thomas Martin III's Indictment and Arraignment
On February 8th, six months after his arrest for stealing classified information, a federal grand jury in the District of Maryland indicted former NSA contractor Harold Thomas Martin III, 52, according t...
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