Today's Headlines and Commentary

We begin the week with cybersecurity. On Friday, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel gave a lengthy speech on cyber policy at Gen. Keith Alexander's retirement ceremony. The Secretary stated that the Pentagon is dramatically increasing its cyber capabilities, and that U.S. Cyber Command will include 6,000 individuals by 2016. He also sought to assure people that the Pentagon would not "militarize" cyberspace, and that the United States would show restraint in cyber operations. Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post reports, as does Helene Cooper of the New York Times. Shane Harris of Foreign Policy wonders, based on an Air Force document, whether President Obama ordered a new cyber attack. After President Obama announced last week that he would seek an end to the metadata program, his administration has been pushing Congress to do just that. Senator Dianne Feinstein, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, endorsed the proposal yesterday, with the caveat that phone companies may be a little skittish to hold the data unless they are legally required to do so. The House Judiciary Committee doesn't want to be left out of the fun, reports Roll Call; the leadership of the Judiciary Committee wants jurisdiction over legislation ending the metadata program, despite the proposal put forth by the House Intelligence Committee. The Post editorial board says that both chambers of Congress should work together to hammer out a proposal to end the metadata program before the 90-day clock runs out. Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark report in Der Spiegel, based on Snowden-leaked documents, that British intelligence service GCHQ and the NSA snooped on 122 world leaders---including private German businesses and Chancellor Angela Merkel. Ryan Gallagher has more on the story at The Intercept. Kim Zetter talks about how and why Huawei is the NSA's worst nightmare in Wired. Microsoft announced on Friday that it would not snoop on the private communications of its customers in the course of investigations, and instead, pass them off to law enforcement agencies. The Department of Justice wants to use the methods of hackers against them, reports the Wall Street Journal, and has filed documents asking for permission to alter the current rules. The battle between the SSCI and the CIA continues. The Associated Press informs us that staffers familiar with the 6,000 page report that has caused the CIA so much heartburn say that the review found no relationship between enhanced interrogation techniques and finding Osama bin Laden. The committee will vote this Thursday on whether a summary of its findings will be declassified. Moving on to foreign affairs: President Obama and President Putin had an hour-long pow wow on Friday about how to pursue a "diplomatic resolution" to the Ukraine crisis. The White House statement on the call is here, and Putin's statement is here. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had their own pow wow about how to end the crisis, this one four hours long. It concluded with the two men on different pages. Pakistan's former prime minister and military ruler Pervez Musharraf pleaded not guilty to treason today. Foreigners are fleeing Afghanistan in droves in advance of the country's presidential election, because of an uptick in insurgent violence. This will compromise the validity of the election, says the Times.  And a flaw in the election in turn stands to cause problems for international donors. Dan Lamothe of Foreign Policy reports that "[b]oth the amount of time drones spend over Afghanistan and the number of total coalition airstrikes are in steep decline, and that trend is likely to accelerate as the U.S. withdraws most of its remaining troops in the months ahead." Former Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg will replace Gen. Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the head of NATO. And North and South Korea had an artillery duel across their western sea border today. Email the Roundup Team noteworthy law and security-related articles to include, and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for additional commentary on these issues. Sign up to receive Lawfare in your inbox. Visit our Events Calendar to learn about upcoming national security events, and check out relevant job openings on our Job Board.