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At the heart of this month's NSA Mini-Trove are the government's most recent explanations of its now narrower claims of secrecy in two long-pending lawsuits---Jewel v. NSA and Shubert v. Obama---the narr...
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On Friday, the Director of National Intelligence declassified eight documents related to NSA activities, including the bulk collection of telephony metadata.
The documents---all declarations by NSA offi...
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The President answered press questions this afternoon on a variety of subjects, including NSA surveillance and Edward Snowden.
The Washington Post has a transcript, the most NSA-relevant bits of which I...
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Pre-Snowden, the USG faced few constraints in its collection and analysis other than what the law imposed and what its large budget permitted. Within these constraints, the USG could focus almost solely...
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The Report of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies is, like many such reports, a fruitcake. It’s chock full of tasty cherries---and other bits that are nuts. You h...
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While the Report of the President’s Review Group (see Ritika’s post here and Ben’s here) has already generated classic Washington-style buzz because of its criticism of the NSA’s bulk collection of metad...
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The Report and Recommendations of the President's Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies has been released. The panel consists of the following members:
Richard A. Clarke
Michael J...
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Obviously, there's a lot to say about Monday's decision by Judge Leon granting a preliminary injunction against the NSA's telephone metadata program and then staying that decision pending appeal.
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Caroline Krass had her confirmation hearings today before SSCI to become General Counsel of CIA. Krass is, in my opinion, wildly qualified for the job, and I hope her confirmation process goes smoothly ...
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Analyses of District Court Judge Richard Leon's opinion requiring the government to cease telephone metadata collection under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act against two plaintiffs are proliferating: ...
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The NSA is not exactly known for engaging with the public. The old “No Such Agency” joke more or less captured the agency’s traditional posture: the less said, the better.
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The White House today released a "Report Consistent with the War Powers Resolution," concerning deployments of U.S. force equipped for combat. Nothing too exciting or novel here, on first glance at least...