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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... -
USG Closes Bagram Detention Facility
The news comes from Time: The United States Department of Defense said Thursday that it had shuttered the last American detention facility in Afghanistan, bringing to an end a controversial practice of... -
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 3
Below you will find the third in our running comparison of broad areas of agreement and disagreement as between the Executive Summary to the Senate Intelligence Committee's Study on the CIA's Detention a... -
Mysterious ’08 Turkey Pipeline Blast Opened New Cyberwar Era
Bloomberg has the story. For those who think that cyber conflict is a bit of a myth, this is a cautionary tale. From the opening: The pipeline was outfitted with sensors and cameras to monitor every st... -
Senator Mark Udall Now Speaking on the Senate Floor
We only have a C-Span link thus far, but will embed video, and post a transcript, when and if one or the other becomes available. The outgoing Democrat and member of the Senate Intelligence Committee is... -
Findings, Conclusions and Areas of Dispute Between the SSCI Report, the Minority and the CIA: Part 2
Below, you will find the second installment in our ongoing effort to identify, in summary form, key areas of dispute as between the SSCI, the SSCI minority, and the CIA with regard the CIA's detention an... -
Released: SSCI Detention and Interrogation Study, Along With Minority Views and the CIA's Response
Here is the long-awaited Executive Summary of the Senate Intelligence Committee's Study of the CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program. The latter includes in a single file a foreword authored by Sena... -
Senator Feinstein to Speak on the Senate Floor Regarding the SSCI Report and Torture
We expect the Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman to address the chamber, and to discuss her Committee's long-anticipated study, sometime between 11 and 11:15. A link to C-SPAN's coverage is here; t... -
Lawfare Buys a Bitcoin -- Introduction
Lawfare has decided to buy a bitcoin. We do this not as an investment but as an experiment in journalism. Buying a bitcoin will let us explore the mechanics of how the market works and also give us a fun... -
NSA Hacking of Cell Phone Networks
The Intercept has published an article---based on the Snowden documents---about AURORAGOLD, an NSA surveillance operation against cell phone network operators and standards bodies worldwide. This is not ... -
There Is a Recent Silver Lining for Gitmo Policy – But It's Not What People Have Been Talking About
The new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is likely to extend the ban on any transfers of Guantanamo detainees into the United States but ease restrictions on transfers to other countries.
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