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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... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Heavily armed Australian police have stormed a Sydney cafe in order to free several hostages held there at gunpoint. Two hostages and the gunman are dead. Reuters reports that the gunman, identified as M... -
On This Week's Scheduled Mini-Hearing in the 9/11 Case
Day one of the two-day hearing was apparently cancelled yesterday evening. We await the final word on tomorrow's planned session, though the odds of further in-court proceedings strike us as slim. At a... -
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... -
The Week That Will Be
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Transparency in Troubled Seas
One month ago, the Center for Strategic and International Studies launched a new web-based program, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative. The premise of this project will be familiar to many of you:... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Wolves Who Are Lonely
Editor's Note: “Lone wolf” terrorists—those who strike on their own without links to an established organization—are a nightmare for counterterrorism officials. They have no ranks to be penetrated, and o... -
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. -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
This week, unsurprisingly, Lawfare spent much of its time focused on the release of the SSCI’s report on the CIA’s post-9/11 detention and interrogation program. -
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...
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