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The Washington Post this morning has another big NSA story, this one historical in nature. I'm still digesting it, so for now, I'll just flag key aspects of it.
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Senator Rand Paul has said he is "reserving judgment" about Edward Snowden, but nevertheless characterized Snowden's conduct as "civil disobedience." Is that right?
From Socrates through Thoreau, Gandh...
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Last week (which seems almost an age ago) when the NSA telephone call meta-data portion of the NSA disclosures first broke, Ben wondered about how an application could be written that would satisfy Secti...
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My Brookings colleague William Galston---political theorist, former White House domestic policy adviser, and all-around wise mind---writes in with the following thoughts on the NSA and data-mining:
Alexa...
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So the only people who are NOT allowed to read any of the material that Snowden disclosed are Federal employees or contractors who still carry security clearances (like me). I got the following earlier ...
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Americans deeply distrust power and secrecy and are right to do so. Intelligence agencies are powerful and secret---but necessary. Reconciling these propositions is a fundamental task in a democracy. We...
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Many, of course, will doubt the power of data mining, geolocation and other cyber techniques to resolve ambiguities. One would have thought, however, that Edwards Snowden the (in)famous NSA leaker would...
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The New Republic has just published an essay we wrote over the weekend on the late unpleasantness involving surveillance. It opens:
Former NSA contractor Edwards Snowden sure does know how to change the...
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The following statement was issued by the DNI on Saturday:
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON, DC 20511
June 8, 2013
Facts on the Collection of Intelligence Pursuant to Se
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I had some hesitancy writing this blog since so many of the writers at the Post are acquaintances. But it really must be said. By now, readers are familiar with the Post's story on the NSA Prism progra...
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You can't make this stuff up. The Guardian has revealed its source to be NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who (not surprisingly) appears to be a fierce advocate of online freedom and privacy and who (perh...
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Last week, the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved Japanese telecommunications firm SoftBank's purchase of a 70% interest in Sprint-Nextel.