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So amidst all of the gridlock in Congress and the presidential campaigning, there is actually a pretty good chance that Congress might get something significant and forward-looking done this year. The is...
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United States v. Mahamud (D.
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As drone aircraft become commonplace in civilian settings - everything from police surveillance to environmental groups tracking whaling vessels to hobbyists and much, much more - and as they become more...
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As Raffaella mentioned earlier, the Ninth Circuit released three opinions on Thursday relating to class action litigation against the government and major telecommunications companies (AT&T, Verizon, etc...
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The Republican presidential candidates debated national security and foreign policy issues last night in Washington. Ritika teed up the debate here with links to the Post’s preview of issues to watch and...
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That is the title that the editors of the New York Times Magazine gave to an essay I wrote in reaction to former Vice-President Cheney’s book, In My Time. The thrust of the essay is that early Bush unil...
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Judging from his new book, In My Time, former Vice President Dick Cheney probably won't be participating in the Lawfare 10th Anniversary Project, which is devoted to acknowledging error and second though...
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The Congressional Research Service's Charles Doyle reviews proposals in the 112th Congress to amend National Security Letter authority in this report.
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Josh Gerstein of Politico is reporting:
The Justice Department is warning a federal appeals court not to disclose classified information about the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance program...
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Lawfare readers may be interested in this event taking place next Tuesday, May 17th at Brookings.
The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 placed restrictions on government acquisition of electr...
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It isn't every day that a representative of the National Security Agency gives a public speech on the agency's understanding of "Protecting Civil Liberties in a Cyber Age." So I thought I would take good...
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Below find the prepared hearing testimony from yesterday's hearing before the full Senate Judiciary Committee.
April 6, 2011: The Electronic Communications Privacy Act: Government Perspectives on Protec...