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Second Circuit Strikes Down 215 Program
Here's the opinion. I haven't read it yet, but will have comments when I do. -
The Increasing State Practice and Opinio Juris on Spying
Ben flagged today that the Germans have been caught out spying on friends and allies. What makes this a story is the way the Germans responded more than a year ago when Snowden’s leaks revealed that the ... -
The Full Glare of European Hypocrisy on Surveillance
In case you needed a refresher course on European hypocrisy on surveillance and data privacy, the New York Times today obliges with two stories over which the connoisseur of human folly ought really to p... -
Justice Stevens on Guantánamo
I've long been a huge fan of (Retired) Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, not least because his prized possessions include a scorecard from Game 3 of the 1932 World Series--better known to baseball... -
New AP Poll on U.S. Targeted Killing Program
A new AP-GFK poll released today finds broad swaths of the American public continue to strongly support the U.S. targeted killing program. The poll was conducted in the days immediately following Preside... -
Another Response to the New York Times Flap
An intelligence community reader writes in with the following response to my post this morning on Dean Baquet's interview with Jack: The issue is not [only] whether the true name and affiliation [of the ... -
Mark Mazzetti of the New York Times Weighs In
The estimable Mark Mazzetti---the New York Times national security reporter who wrote the story over the weekend that prompted the outing-CIA-officers flap---writes in with the following note in response... -
A Thought on Dean Baquet's Comments to Jack
This morning, Jack published an interview he conducted yesterday with New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet about the paper's decision the other day to publish the names of three covert CIA officers. -
Interview With Dean Baquet, Executive Editor of New York Times, on Publication Decisions About Intelligence Secrets, and More
On April 25, two days after President Obama announced that a U.S. drone strike accidentally killed two innocent hostages, Mark Mazzetti and Matt Apuzzo published a story in the New York Times about congr... -
New Surveillance Reform Bill Introduced
Senators Leahy and Lee introduced a new version of the USA Freedom Act today to scale back surveillance authorities, including limiting the use of Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act for bulk collection, ... -
The Latest Erosion Of Norms Against Publishing Classified Information
Director of National Intelligence General Counsel Bob Litt says the NYT “disgraced itself” by “publishing an article in which it purported to name three covert CIA officers.” The article in question iden... -
DNI General Counsel Robert Litt: "The New York Times Disgraced Itself"
Over the weekend, the New York Times published an article on congressional support for the C.I.A.'s drone program. In describing the program's leadership, the Times saw fit to reveal the identity of thre...
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