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Director of National Intelligence General Counsel Bob Litt says the NYT “disgraced itself” by “publishing an article in which it purported to name three covert CIA officers.” The article in question iden...
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Over the weekend, the New York Times published an article on congressional support for the C.I.A.'s drone program. In describing the program's leadership, the Times saw fit to reveal the identity of thre...
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From my book Data and Goliath:
...when I was working with the Guardian on the Snowden documents, the one top-secret program the NSA desperately did not want us to expose
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Everyone should read Bobby's post from last night on the potential approach of an endgame for the 122 detainees still in custody at Guantánamo.
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The Washington Post has the latest here. Key points:
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It's getting hard to keep track of the U.S. intelligence community leakers without a scorecard.
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For the past couple of weeks, a Saudi-led coalition has been engaged in a substantial air campaign against Houthi forces in Yemen.
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This morning’s New York Times has an excellent article outlining the debate over Senator Corker’s Iran deal oversight bill---likely heading for mark-up tomorrow.
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The Brennan Center’s Liza Goitein and Faiza Patel have posted a response to my post of last week challenging three of their recommendations in their recent report on the FISA Court. This post is a brief...
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Our friend Carrie Cordero has levied criticisms against three of the recommendations presented in our report, What Went Wrong With the FISA Court. We appreciate, as always, her constructive engagement wi...
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Yesterday, I wrote about the consequences of congressional inaction over the next two months with respect to Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Today, I want to focus on another area where Congress is poise...
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From the FISC’s website:
“The Chief Justice has designated Judge James P. Jones of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and Judge Thomas B. Russell of the United States ...