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The Senate Kills Surveillance Reform and Glenn Greenwald Shrugs
The Senate yesterday buried---at least for now---surveillance reform, when Republican senators refused to allow the current draft of the measure to proceed to a vote. Glenn Greenwald has an interesting r... -
Pew Study Says Exactly What You'd Expect on Privacy
The Pew Research Internet Project has released a new public opinion study that shows exactly what you would expect the public believes about privacy, surveillance, and related matters. The study seems to... -
The Obama Administration's Position on the CAT
The New York Times' Charlie Savage has the scoop: WASHINGTON — A treaty ban on cruel treatment will restrict how the United States may treat prisoners in certain places abroad, the Obama administration ... -
Appellees File Supplemental Brief in Klayman v. Obama
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ODNI Releases FISC Primary Order Pertaining to Telephony Metadata
On Thursday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the latest declassified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) Primary Order on its website. The Primary Order, issued b... -
Final Version, <em>A Rule of Lenity for National Security Surveillance Law</em>
The final version of my article, A Rule of Lenity for National Security Surveillance Law, has been posted online at the Virginia Law Review website. The article advocates a new approach to FISA reform:... -
The FBI Impersonates the Media: Some of the Rules Governing Cyber-Subterfuge
The developing story of the FBI’s impersonation of journalists is, in a way, really the story of Timberline high school in Washington State. In June of 2007 Timberline had received a series of bomb threa... -
DIA Scales Back Plans for Expanded Defense Clandestine Service...Sort Of
Those of you interested in the organization of the Intelligence Community may recall a major initiative launched by the Defense Intelligence Agency, in 2012, to expand the size and focus of its HUMINT co... -
Recap of Yesterday's Argument in the Section 215 Case
Below you’ll find a recap of yesterday morning’s argument in Klayman v. Obama. A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit yesterday considered a key challenge to the NSA’s bulk collection from telephone c... -
Oral Argument Audio in <em>Klayman v. Obama</em>
The D.C. Circuit has posted the audio in Klayman v. Obama, the Section 215 case, here. -
On Journalists’ Claims for Immunity From Legal Accountability
I think I am unusual among former government officials in arguing that the publication of national security secrets can promote democracy and good government. Such publications are often costly, sometim... -
Toward a Different Kind of Transparency
Over the last year and a half, the intelligence community has released a significant amount of previously classified material in an effort to be more transparent regarding matters pertaining to foreign i...
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