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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, CIA Director John Brennan launched his defense of the agency he leads, calling officers “patriots” but called the tactics employed by some as “abhorrent” and “outside the bounds” of what was a... -
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: -
The SFRC Vote on the Menendez AUMF
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-8 yesterday to approve Senator Menendez’s draft AUMF for ISIL. -
Senator Feinstein Rebuts CIA on Twitter
Yesterday, as CIA Director John Brennan spoke about the release of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's Study of CIA Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Senator Dianne Feinsten (D-CA) live tweete... -
The UK’s Article 51 Letter on Use of Force in Syria
Several weeks ago, the United Kingdom submitted an Article 51 letter to the Security Council providing notice that the UK was taking measures against ISIS “in support of the collective self-defence of Ir... -
Dianne Feinstein Responds to Director Brennan
The text is here: Feinstein Response to CIA Director on Detention, Interrogation Program -
Throwback Thursday: Pearl Harbor and Declaring War
Editor’s note: For quite a while now, social media enthusiasts have been using the hashtag #tbt (or, in long-form, “Throwback Thursday”) as a way to reminisce about the past. Now Lawfare has decided to g... -
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority, and the CIA: Part Four
In this post, we proceed with Lawfare's ongoing, side-by-side comparison of the SSCI Study's key findings, and responses to them by both the SSCI Minority as well as the CIA. By way of reminder, the SSC... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today, the New York Times brings us news that when the CIA first received detention and interrogation authorities in 2001, the Agency initially planned to create a system of worldwide jails that would ab... -
CIA Director Brennan Delivers a Statement on SSCI Report
At approximately 1:40 p.m., John Brennan, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, will make a statement on the SSCI's detention and interrogation study. -
Sony Counter Attacks
The reality of conflict (not war) in the cyber domain -- Sony is now reported to be launching DDoS attacks against the hackers attempting to distribute its confidential documents: Sony has launched a cou... -
This Morning's SFRC Business Meeting
There are many subjects under discussion right now, including recent proposals to authorize force against ISIS. Update: it appears the Committee approved a draft authorization authored by the Committee'...
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