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"The Anti-Democratic, Anti-Transparency Ideology that Prevails at Lawfare"
I learned a lot about Lawfare---and about myself---yesterday from Conor Friedersdorf's rather bitter critique of my post on the decision to award the Pulitzer public service award to the Guardian and the... -
The Washington Post and Guardian Pulitzers: I Dissent
I know it is rude and churlish to offer anything but warm congratulations when former colleagues win a major prize—much less journalism's most prestigious award. -
NSA Knew About and Exploited Heartbleed---Unless it Didn't
The other day, walking out of Aikido class, I was chatting with a friend about Heartbleed. I joked that the latest revelation reminded me of a scene from the classic Martin Scorsese movie, After Hours. I... -
President Obama's Metadata Proposal: A Win for Everyone?
The ACLU is declaring President Obama's announcement today of his proposal for reform of the 215 program "a major step in the right direction and a victory for privacy." Jameel Jaffer, writing over at Ju... -
James Risen Needs to Read the NYT
Andrew Beaujon at Poynter reports that at last week’s Sources and Secrets conference, NYT reporter James Risen, who is fighting a subpoena for information in the Jeffrey Sterling trial, made these remark... -
A Very Brief Reply to Glenn Greenwald
Over at his new publication, The Intercept, Glenn Greenwald has a piece taking to task those criticizing Edward Snowden for news stories that, in fact, reflect the editorial judgments of the newspapers t... -
Did the CIA Violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by Accessing Intelligence Committee Computers?
Senator Feinstein recently claimed that the CIA may have violated the federal computer hacking statute, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, by searching computers used by the Intelligence Committee to cond... -
From Planet Egypt
This is from a real Egyptian government web site, that of the State Information Service. -
A Question for the New York Times
The New York Times has an editorial today about the need for data privacy legislation and about the report that president adviser John Podesta is putting together on big data and privacy. "The president ... -
The Latest Snowden Leak: NSA Isn't Spying on Lawyers
Unless the public is really tiring of matters Snowden, the New York Times’s latest is going to stir up the hornet’s nest. “Spying by N.S.A. Ally Entangled U.S. Law Firm,” blares the headline of the story... -
Spinning the IMF Report on Iran Sanctions
I am amused today by these two headlines about the IMF's just-released assessment of Iran's economy and the effects of remaining sanctions: the New York Times reports that I.M.F. -
Looks Like I'm Not Alone in My View of the New York Times Editorial Page
According to the New York Observer, anyway, the news staff seems to agree with me: IT’S WELL KNOWN AMONG THE SMALL WORLD of people who pay attention to such things that the liberal-leaning reporters at T...
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