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President Obama Press Conference
This morning's press conference with President Obama and Dutch Prime Minister Rutte has just concluded. We've thus removed the embedded video player, and will await a transcript of the two leaders' remar... -
A Reply to Ryan Goodman
Over at Just Security, the estimable Ryan Goodman of NYU Law School has responded to my post of Saturday taking on Glenn Greenwald over press eagerness to blow lawful classified programs. -
White House Will Back Legislation Ending NSA's Bulk Collection of Phone Metadata
That's the gist of this quite important story, from Charlie Savage at the New York Times: WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is preparing to unveil a legislative proposal to drastically overhaul the... -
Uganda and the WPR Clock
Should the War Powers Resolution "clock" be running in Uganda? -
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... -
The NYT on NSA's Huawei Penetration [UPDATED]
David Sanger and Nicole Perlroth report about how the NSA has successfully placed backdoors into the networks of the Chinese Telecommunications giant Huawei for purposes of (a) discerning Huawei's links ... -
Thornberry and Lumpkin on AUMF Renewal
Last week I noted an interesting exchange on AUMF renewal (and life in a post-AUMF world) during Michael Lumpkin's March 11 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee. When Lumpkin appeared be... -
Habeas and the Military Commissions After Aamer
I’ve already written at some length about the D.C. Circuit’s decision last month in Aamer v. -
Snowden v. Ledgett at TED
Edward Snowden gave a TED talk at TED2014: After it, TED folks offered NSA a chance to respond---and Rick Ledgett, deputy director of the agency, showed up by video conference to answer questions: -
PCLOB 702 Hearing Video
Here is the video for the PCLOB's day-long hearing yesterday on Section 702 surveillance. For some reason, they are not embeddable (Memo to CSPAN: grrrrrrr). But here they are: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. -
PCLOB Hearing on 702 Programs
The Privacy an Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been holding a Public Hearing on the 702 program since 8.45am this morning. Witnesses (and links to written testimony) are listed below: Panel I: Gover... -
Gen. Keith Alexander: We Will Miss You
Throughout American history occasional strategic thinkers have transformed the way we think about new domains of warfare and security. Alfred Thayer Mahan conceived of the geostrategic role of sea power ...
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