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Thoughts on the SSCI Report, Part II: The Program's Brutality
I want to begin my review of the SSCI interrogation report and the responses from the CIA and the SSCI minority by addressing the area in which, in my view, the majority report is strongest: the allegati... -
The Perils of Torture Agnosticism (Or, How <em>Not</em> to Read the SSCI Report)
It’s now been 10 days since the release of the Executive Summary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s (SSCI) study of the CIA detainee program—almost certainly to be known to posterity as the... -
The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference
Last Friday, the Cato Institute held an all-day conference to explore the questions raised by the growth of government surveillance, the revelations of NSA activities by Edward Snowden, and how these new... -
The SSCI Report and Its Critics: Torturing Efficacy
Polarization surrounding the SSCI Report (see here for Lawfare’s coverage) has been most pronounced on the efficacy of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs). The Report and its supporters have proclai... -
DOJ releases six FISC documents on StellarWind
The Department of Justice has released six Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) documents related to the surveillance activities originally initiated by President George W. -
Thoughts on the SSCI Report, Part I: Introduction and Overview
I have now spent enough quality time with the SSCI interrogation report---and with minority views and the CIA response---that I am ready to begin commenting upon it. This is not to say I have finished re... -
Our Collective Privacy Panic
We are told there is a privacy crisis. The Snowden revelation and other such things have given the sense that we are in a crisis. I think what we have is a privacy panic. What I would call the Snowden... -
Over 700 Million People Taking Steps to Avoid NSA Surveillance
There's a new international survey on Internet security and trust, of "23,376 Internet users in 24 countries," including "Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kon... -
Lawfare Podcast, Episode #103: Mieke Eoyang on FAA Exclusivity
A few weeks ago, Mieke Eoyang wrote and post on Lawfare entitled "A Modest Proposal: FAA Exclusivity for Collection Involving U.S. -
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority, and the CIA: Part Five
Here is the fifth and final installment in our running, side-by-side comparison of the twenty findings and conclusions of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's Study on the CIA's Detention and In... -
9/11 Defense Counsel on the CIA's Response to the SSCI Study
James Connell III, lawyer for 9/11 accused Ammar al-Baluchi, had this to say today: "The CIA and its defenders are using Mr. al Baluchi as a scapegoat for its illegal and reprehensible use of torture," s... -
The Onion's Minotaur Video
No news source in any medium captures the CIA interrogation debate more fully than this video from the Onion, which bears reposting this week:
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