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A Quick Read of the Post's Latest NSA Story
The Washington Post has a dramatic new NSA story today, one that is qualitatively different from any of the previous Edward Snowden revelations. -
Obama’s Blueprint for Fighting Terrorism Collides With Reality in Iraq
That is the title of a NYT story this morning by Landler, Gordon, and Mazzetti. The “Blueprint” they have in mind is the one the President laid out at West Point, which (in their words) "relies less on ... -
The Atlantic Reports that the ACLU Reports that Glenn Greenwald Will Report Bad Surveillance Stuff
Over at the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf is reporting that Anthony Romero of the ACLU in a speech in Aspen is reporting that Glenn Greenwald someday soon will report that really bad surveillance stuff is... -
The New York Times Editorial Page Discovers Originalism---In Japan
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Suing the President for Executive Overreach
President Obama has exercised executive power aggressively – as did his predecessor, albeit in different ways. I don’t have time to parse and compare the differences, but in a nutshell (and simplifying ... -
The Key Amendments to the Defense Appropriations Act
Last week the House of Representatives passed its version of the Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2015, H.R. 4870, with a series of amendments with major implications for national security poli... -
Double Standard in Publishing Classified Information?
I am struck by the circumspection of the American press in not revealing the name of the CIA Station Chief in Afghanistan whom the Obama Administration inadvertently disclosed over the weekend. That nam... -
"Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific," by Robert D. Kaplan
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David Barron, Targeted Killing, and Rand Paul's Wrongheaded Oped
"I believe that killing an American citizen without a trial is an extraordinary concept and deserves serious debate," writes Sen. Rand Paul in an oped in the New York Times this morning. "I can’t imagine... -
The New York Times on David Barron
This was bound to happen eventually, I suppose: the New York Times editorial page has gotten behind the effort to hold up David Barron's judicial nomination. Sort of. Calling Barron, whom Obama has nomin... -
Der Spiegel on U.S.-German Relations
A very interesting article in Der Spiegel about U.S.-German relations, the NSA investigation, and Ukraine in light of Angela Merkel's recent trip to Washington. The bottom line is that the Ukraine crisis... -
Hypocrisy Revealed! U.S. Exploits Vulnerabilities, Gathers Foreign Intelligence
We now know the shocking truth. The FBI has successfully exploited a software vulnerability to obtain access, through recruited hackers, to networks operated by the governments of Brazil, Pakistan, Nige...
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