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One of the policy questions kicked to the DNI in PDD-28 was defining the permissible uses of bulk collection. Thanks to Thomas Earnest over at Just Security, I just noticed that the DNI has now done so.
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Over at Politico, Josh Gerstein has an interesting piece on the Ali piracy case, and its potential implications for terrorism cases. The article---which quotes Jen Daskal and Cully Stimson, among others...
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As Wells noted last week, there was a significant decision regarding FISA, in the Northern District of Illinois, on January 29th. In the case of United States v. Daoud, Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman order...
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This just in from the Post's Ellen Nakashima:
The National Security Agency is collecting less than 30 percent of all Americans’ call records because of an inabilit
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That is the title of this press release by Senator Jeff Merkley, announcing a resolution “calling for Congress to have a role in approving any further United States military involvement in Afghanistan af...
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Here's his response, published at Just Security, to my post this morning about legal density and NSA:
Over at Lawfare, Ben Wittes is making excuses for the intelligence officials who’ve been saying th...
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In the midst of the hubbub over the PRG and PCLOB reports and the President's speech, one of January's more interesting developments in the FISA reform conversation has largely gone unaddressed (albeit n...
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Today at 10am, there will be a number of hearings that may be of interest to Lawfare readers:
House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities." Link is here. T...
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That's the word from the NSA/CSS. From today's release:
GEN Keith Alexander – Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, NSA/Chief, CSS – is pleased to announce that Richard "Rick" Ledgett is now the 15th ...
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Vice Admiral Michael Rogers will succeed Gen. Keith Alexander as the director of the National Security Agency, reports the New York Times:
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is set to announce that ...
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While NSA critics including David Cole have asserted that the Section 702 program is inconsistent with international privacy norms, the reality is far more complex. As I explain in a forthcoming Fordham...