The Chair and Vice-Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Senators Feinstein and Chambliss have introduced a draft cybersecurity information sharing bill.  Early coverage of the bill from ...

I largely agree with Steve Vladeck's excellent post on Judge Richard Posner's decision yesterday in Daoud and Judge Ilana Rovner's concurrence in that decision.

Paul already flagged yesterday’s Seventh Circuit decision in Daoud, in which the Court of Appeals reversed Judge Coleman’s headline-grabbing order—which had required the government to provide Daoud’s sec...

The Supreme Court held today in Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not limit the scope of discovery available against a foreign sovereign in a post-judgme...

Such is the import of this letter, sent today by President Obama to the Speaker of the House.  The letter says, in pertinent part: Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Starting on June 15, 2014, up t...

The case is US v. Daoud.  The district court had ordered disclosure of certain FISA materials that were classified to defense counsel.  The 7th Circuit, per Judge Posner, reversed.  The money quote: The ...

In recent months, targeted sanctions on Russian and Ukrainian companies and individuals have formed the core of American and European Union (EU) efforts to deter Russia from escalating the conflict in Uk...

We’ll hear reply argument now, on the defense's filings in the AE292 series----which arise because of past FBI interviews of defense team personnel, and which ask the court to abate the proceedings and a...

Along with three co-authors, I've just released a paper through The Heritage Foundation entitled: "Protecting Internet Freedom and American Interests: Required Reforms and Standards for ICANN Transition....

James Connell III, Learned Counsel for Ammar Al-Baluchi, begins on a procedural note: the defense’s motion is less about wrongdoing, and more about the path forward. The court must perform an inquiry, th...

It’s on again.  After brief housekeeping, we quickly turn to the substance---and in particular to AE292 and 292T, pleadings jointly filed by the defense, and both asking for a wider inquiry into the gove...