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I had two reactions to President Obama's address, one general and another specific.
First the general. President Obama made a good speech today, both for what he said and what he didn't say. He has a...
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The day already was overstuffed with surveillance matters, and then came this: the DNI's release of a tranche of roughly twenty five historical FISC orders.
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Just posted on IC on the Record:
Statement from DNI James R. Clapper on Intelligence Reforms Announced Today by President Obama
Today, President Obama announced new guidelines for Intelligence Community...
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The President’s speech and accompanying Policy Directive together announce all manner of changes; it will take a while to grasp them all. In the meantime, here's an off-the-cuff reaction: I reckon we wil...
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Below is the full text of President Obama's speech:
Remarks of President Barack Obama
Results of our Signals Intelligence Review
January 17, 2014
Washington, D.C.
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This Presidential Policy Directive (PPD-28) on Signals Intelligence Activities is being released today in conjunction with the President's speech in a few minutes.
It opens:
The United States, like othe...
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Huawei Denies US Compromised Security Equipment. Here's the opening of this report from Australia:
Chinese tech giant Huawei, which has long been dogged by security suspicions, has denied a report its t...
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I keep getting media inquiries today asking me for predictions about what President Obama is going be saying tomorrow. Short answer: How the heck should I know? The President's speech-writing team doesn'...
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On December 18, the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technology released its much anticipated report, Liberty and Security in a Changing World. Tomorrow, President Obama will g...
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The Hoover Institution's Task Force on National Security and Law is putting out a series of short essays, starting today, called "The Briefing: Secrecy and Accountability in the Digital Age." Here is the...
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David Sanger and Thom Shanker have a lengthy story in the NYT about various NSA techniques for penetrating foreign computers and networks, including a strategy for accessing seemingly air-gapped computer...