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I agree with Bobby’s analysis of this morning’s Washington Post profile by Karen DeYoung of John Brennan, and would add these thoughts:
Eliminating CIA’s Drone Capacities. Count me as skeptical that we...
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[Note: I'd originally indicated that Greg Miller wrote this second piece in the Post series, but in fact it was Karen de Young -- my apologies to Karen!
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Splayed across the front page of the Washington Post this morning is the headline "U.S.
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There were basically none. No discussion of Guantanamo, of habeas, of the NDAA, of interrogation, of military commissions, of targeted killing---and only the most cursory mention of drone strikes. This i...
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I've recently completed a short (10-page) draft meant to serve as a primer on key domestic law questions associated with computer network operations. The paper will be published as part of the proceedin...
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Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta’s speech last week on cyber is more significant than has been reported. Most of the coverage focused on Panetta’s grave warnings about cyber threats facing the nation, ...
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This is a very weird column by New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan. Sullivan, acknowledging that the Times has broken important stories about the CIA's drones program and has sought more infor...
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Majority Leader Harry Reid issued the following statement today:
REID: SENATE WILL HAVE ONE MORE CHANCE TO PASS CYBERSECURITY LEGISLATION
Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued the ...
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Here's a transcript of Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's speech yesterday on cybersecurity in New York:
Remarks by Secretary Panetta on Cybersecurity to the Business Executives for National Security, New...
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One focus of Ken’s response to Eric Posner’s Slate piece is Eric’s claim that “the United States has invoked a new idea of the ‘unable or unwilling’ country, one that outside powers can invade because th...
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Senator Lieberman has an op ed in the Washington Post today calling for a move forward on his cybersecurity legislation. Meanwhile, Senator Collins (one of the cosponsors of Lieberman's bill) has called...
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Jack mentioned Eric Posner's new article in Slate announcing that US drone strikes in Pakistan are illegal under the UN Charter because, among other things, they lack genuine consent from Pakistan and th...