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DNI and DOJ on Today's Intercept Story
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Justice Department together said this today, apparently in response to an earlier Intercept story on FBI and NSA surveillance of Muslim America... -
Snowden and Civil Liberties: A Brief Follow-Up
Yesterday, I posted a short piece saying that we should think about Edward Snowden's leak of large volumes of personal communications to the Washington Post as a significant civil liberties violation. In... -
On Glenn Greenwald's Latest
After a huge amount of pre-publication hype, Glenn Greenwald's new capstone NSA story is out, and I find myself with little to say about it. Greenwald has gotten his hands on a spreadsheet listing the e... -
Edward Snowden: Civil Liberties Violator
A government contractor steals tens of thousands of highly-sensitive communications intercepts. The communications have national security implications, yes, but put that aside for now. They also involve ... -
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 ... -
Pre-Release PCLOB Report on Section 702 of FISA
Here is a "pre-release" version of the report; the PCLOB will adopt a final version at its meeting tomorrow morning. It therefore has offered the still-not-yet-official document to the press and public,... -
The US Intervention in Iraq Involves More than the 300: Armed Drones Above, Armed Contractors Below?
I'm surprised this hasn't generated more attention: First, an article in the New York Times yesterday mentioned, right at the very end, the possibility that in addition to the 300 special operators heade... -
White House Letter to Congress on Iraq Deployment
President Obama yesterday sent the letter to the Speaker of the House, and to the President Pro Tempore of the Senate. Its text reads as follows: Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) As I reported o... -
Two Quite Important Rulings Today
Coincidentally, they come to us from two different federal judges in the District of Oregon. The first decision concludes that remedial mechanisms associated with the so-called "No Fly" list violate due... -
The Al-Aulaqi OLC Memo: A Quick and Dirty Summary
I have this feeling that a lot of people are going to mischaracterize the just-released OLC memo on the Anwar Al-Aulaqi strike. Just a guess. So before expressing any opinions on the subject or arguing w... -
Relitigating Guantánamo in the Context of Abu Khattala: A Different View
As I read Ben’s, Jack’s, John’s Steve’s and Wells’s posts, I come away with the impression that there is unanimous agreement at Lawfare that Abu Khattala (a) cannot be sent to Guantánamo for further inte... -
President Obama's Statement on Iraq
President Obama will make a statement on Iraq, beginning at 1:15 p.m. Live-streaming video and the transcript of his remarks can be found below. THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I just met wi...
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