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Obama and Alexander, Bush and Tenet
Over at Foreign Policy, Shane Harris has a piece suggesting that folks at NSA feel abandoned by President Obama's failure to defend the agency aggressively: Gen. Keith Alexander and his senior leadership... -
How Snowden Might Help Cybersecurity
A few weeks ago the NYT had a piece by David Sanger about how the Snowden revelations will hurt if not kill the NSA’s ambitious plans for cybersecurity defense in the U.S. homeland. “Administration offi... -
What Big Data Does, And Doesn't, Know About Me
Over at Security States and The New Republic, I have another blog, entitled: "What Big Data Does, And Doesn't Know About Me." It tells the story of how I went digging into the data holdings that one big... -
John DeLong on NSA Compliance Systems
At the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing the other day on NSA programs, I talked a lot about the importance and centrality of compliance procedures. And I quoted a quip by NSA's compliance chief, Joh... -
The NSA Controversies: a Guide for the Perplexed
Check it out, Lawfarers. -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #43: A Debate On NSA Surveillance
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Video of Today's Judiciary Committee Hearing on NSA
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October 2 Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on FISA: Video and Testimony
Despite the government shutdown, the Senate Judiciary Committee is moving forward with its planned hearing on FISA. -
New Lawfare Wiki Document Library Resources: An NSA/Leaks/FISA Page
Here's a new addition to the Lawfare Wiki Document Library: A set of resources on this year's FISA leaks and declassifications. Our amazing intern, Nicholas Basciano, is still working it---so please emai... -
West LegalEdcenter Webcast: “The NSA Disclosures: What Do We Really Know Now?”---Now Available On Demand
For those readers who missed our experiment with live webcast programming through the West LegalEdcenter, here's your second chance. -
Oral Argument Preview: NYT & ACLU v. United States
A three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals will convene tomorrow afternoon to hear arguments in a case challenging the government’s ability to withhold records pertaining to its targeted ... -
Orin Kerr on David Kris on Section 215
Over the Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr has this to say about David Kris's paper, "On the Bulk Collection of Tangible Things," which we published yesterday and which Kerr describes as "hugely helpful": Kri...