Cyber security maven Dan Geer has given three speeches in the last six months that are worth a read: (a) APT in a World of Rising Interdependence, given last month at the NSA; (b) We Are All Intelligence...

With the White House conceptual framework and the HPSCI bill on the table, there may be a way forward on telephone metadata collection for foreign intelligence purposes.

Continuing our dialogue about whether the ICCPR places limits on electronic surveillance by a state outside of its own territory, Ryan Goodman has posted a lengthy response to my response to his post abo...

Very interesting post over at Huffington Post from Geoffrey Stone about his Review Group service, his changed view of NSA, and trust of the spy agency. Quite moving, actually. Writes Stone: From the outs...

On Thursday, I posted this item noting a possible convergence of civil liberties interests and NSA's operational needs in the President's metadata proposal.

The big news last week in NSA reform was the White House’s announcement of its plan to end the NSA’s metadata program, but it wasn’t the only news. The bipartisan leadership of the House Intelligence Com...

I'm very pleased to report the latest venture of the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas (co-sponsored by the Strauss Center and the Clements Center):  a conference addressing the con...

In a post at Just Security on Thursday, my friend Ryan Goodman takes issue with my testimony before the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board, in which I said that even if the U.S.

The document was released late yesterday afternoon.  Here 'tis: Earlier this year in a speech at the Department of Justice, President Obama announced a transition that would end the Section 215 bulk tele...