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Today at 10am, there will be a number of hearings that may be of interest to Lawfare readers:
House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Examining Recommendations to Reform FISA Authorities." Link is here. T...
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That's the word from the NSA/CSS. From today's release:
GEN Keith Alexander – Commander, U.S. Cyber Command/Director, NSA/Chief, CSS – is pleased to announce that Richard "Rick" Ledgett is now the 15th ...
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Vice Admiral Michael Rogers will succeed Gen. Keith Alexander as the director of the National Security Agency, reports the New York Times:
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is set to announce that ...
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While NSA critics including David Cole have asserted that the Section 702 program is inconsistent with international privacy norms, the reality is far more complex. As I explain in a forthcoming Fordham...
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I am not sure why this is a big deal, my knowledge of the British legal system being less than fulsome, but a British barrister has written a legal opinion calling into question large swaths of surveilla...
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. . . nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Speaking of agency general counsels (as I did in my post yesterday morning about the appointment of Jim Baker as FBI General Counsel), many foreign governments are wondering when President Obama will nom...
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What harm has Edward Snowden done to his country?
When Snowden asserts that the National Security Agency listens to encrypted Russian diplomatic traffic, it takes the Russians about twenty minutes to sh...
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FBI Director Jim Comey has appointed Jim Baker as FBI General Counsel. This is an outstanding appointment. The announcement is here.
Jim Baker is one of the most experienced and conscientious intellig...
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Over at the New Republic, Sean Wilentz has this fascinating long piece about the ideologies of Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Glenn Greenwald.
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of recording a podcast discussion organized by the National Constitution Center on NSA, the President's speech on Friday, and the Review Group report. My interlocutor was Pe...