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"A Necessary, If Still Unpalatable, Potential Ally in Combating the Islamic State"
Remember these words the next time the New York Times runs a pious editorial decrying---with a spurious combination of selective facts and distorted law---some morally complicated aspect of U.S. -
No Need to Prosecute Bowe Bergdahl?
I normally make a point of not arguing with New York Times editorials, contenting myself with my role as their unofficial fact-checker on national security legal matters. (Don't thank me.) I find myself... -
The Washington Post Fingers the Person Behind the Snowden Disclosures!
In what is surely a typographical error, the Washington Post has named NSA General Counsel Raj De as the man behind the Snowden disclosures: De’s last day was Friday, and he plans to start at Mayer Brown... -
Did the New York Times Editorial Page Accuse General Petraeus of a Crime Spree?
I'm not sure, but I think so. From today's editorial, entitled, "Gen. Petraeus's Light Punishment": Mr. -
The Iran Letter and the Logan Act
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More on the Senate’s Role in the Impending Iran Deal
Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has responded here to the letter from the 47 Republican Senators, on which I commented yesterday. Just as the Senators’ letter purported to school Iran on U.S. consti... -
The Error in the Senators’ Letter to the Leaders of Iran
Josh Rogin reports that a “group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t las... -
The Real Story Behind Citizenfour's Oscar
Like a lot of Lawfare readers, we were pretty surprised by Citizenfour's triumph at the Oscars last night. It wasn't just that there was Glenn Greenwald, foe of all things mainstream, holding---of all th... -
The New York Times Public Editor Backs James Risen's "Truth-Telling"
Soon after Jack posted this piece on James Risen’s attacks on Eric Holder, which Ben had criticized earlier, the New York Times’s Public Editor, Margaret Sullivan, wrote a post in support of Risen’s twee... -
Risen, Holder, and Journalists’ Sensitivity to Accountability
I largely agree with Ben’s critique of James Risen’s sharp twitter criticisms of Attorney General Holder, but want to add (or reiterate) several points. First, to underscore what Ben says, the absence o... -
James Risen's Twitter Tirade Against Eric Holder
Yesterday, speaking at the National Press Club, Attorney General Eric Holder was asked a question about the Obama administration's prosecution of leakers, and he offered the following thoughts: Question:... -
Pew Poll on Investigative Journalists and Digital Security
This is interesting. From the Pew Research Center: About two-thirds of investigative journalists surveyed (64%) believe that the U.S. government has probably collected data about their phone calls, email...
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