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The Intelligence Studies Essay: Nichols on Leadership Decapitation vs Mid-Tier Degradation
This Intelligence Studies Essay assesses open source research to determine the relative effectiveness of two alternative strategies for directing lethal attacks against terrorist groups: leadership decap... -
NSA Releases USA Freedom Act Transparency Report
The National Security Agency has released a new report on the implementation of the USA Freedom Act, outlining the specific procedures adopted by the Attorney General and the Foreign Intelligence Surveil... -
New National Security Tool Activated At Challenging Time
Late last year, a judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court gave the green light to the National Security Agency to start using a new tool to help the government protect against international ... -
Submarines and the Law of Espionage
It has been apparent for several years that the navies in the Asia-Pacific are on the greatest submarine development and acquisition spree since before World War II. Most states that operate submarines p... -
DOJ Files Motion to Vacate Preliminary Injunction and Dismiss in Klayman v. Obama
This morning, the government filed a motion to vacate the preliminary injunction in Klayman and to dismiss the appeal as moot. -
The Scope of the Prepublication Review Problem, And What To Do About It
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Path Dependence and the Pre-Publication Review Process
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More Problems with Prepublication Review
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The Broken Prepublication Review Process
Oona Hathaway and I have an op-ed in the Washington Post today about the USG pre-publication review process’s “pervasive and unjustifiable harms to freedom of speech.” The gist: -
A Response to Senator Feinstein
A quick response without getting into the weeds about why I find Senator Feinstein's post so disheartening. Let me be clear: I agree with her normative position that the CIA's "enhanced interrogation tec... -
A Reply to Amy Zegart on the SSCI Study of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program
I was extremely disappointed to read Professor Amy Zegart’s post regarding the Senate Intelligence Committee’s study of the CIA Detention and Interrogation Program. Not only did it include factually ina... -
SSCI Study of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program: A Flawed Report
Who won the torture debate -- the CIA or Senate Intelligence Committee Report? Were waterboarding, rectal hydration, stress positions, and other techniques used against detainees effective? Legal? Ethica...
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