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So, we have curbs on freedom of speech, curbs on right to a free, fair, and speedy trial,...

The author of this piece is not JMM, but pmaitra, an Indian national, who is a moderator on Defense Forum India; who asked me to run it as a guest comment; and who presently is located somewhere in...

Politico, RNC slams ‘unconstitutional’ NSA spying (By JAMES HOHMANN, 1/24/14):



The resolution has three operative paragraphs:



The language in these paragraphs is stronger (versus NSA...

will probably issue a report on NSA today; a public meeting is scheduled for 1-2 pm today (PCLOB), reported inter alia by:

NYT, Watchdog Report Says N.S.A. Program Is Illegal and Should End (by...

Here are the links to the weekend's developments.

First, from the White House:



Second, some intelligent comments from Lawfare (not that I necessarily agree with all said by Ben et al, but...

The memo cited by WITM (HT for citing it) responds to Review Group member and former CIA Deputy Director Mike Morell's December 19 op-ed in the Washington Post - “had the program been in place more...

The Metadata Program in Eleven Documents (December 31, 2013; by Ryan Lizza):



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Mike

why then not expand the 215 program to include the metadata of all data packets transmitted and which can be intercepted - why stop with phone calls and emails ??
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I plead general ignorance of the judge, William H. Pauley III, from the Southern District of New York, except for his very brief DC Bio and Wiki. His opinion in ACLU v Clapper concludes:



I...

The Report and Recommendations of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies (titled "LIBERTY AND SECURITY IN A CHANGING WORLD" has the following members: Richard A....

When I first heard the headline, my first question was which judge pulled the trigger. Answer: Richard J. Leon (Wiki; DC Dist Ct Bio).

Judge Leon will be familiar to readers of the War Crimes...

This post is dedicated to David; he knows why. :)

Jack Goldsmith, (Very) Quick Reactions to Proposed NSA Reforms (December 13, 2013), provides his usual cogent briefing:



A more in-depth...

N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens (by JAMES RISEN and LAURA POITRAS, September 28, 2013):



The 1979 case is Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979); and it's certainly...

Lawfare, Latest NSA Documents VI: Non-Compliance Redux, With More DOJ (by Wells Bennett, September 13, 2013):



More FOIA disclosures seem probable - as in this case, partially for and partially...

Lawfare is running a series on the FOIA disclosures made to EFF. Each of Lawfare's posts are by different people - there is no "party line". I'll simply provide the links and the first paragraph of...

Lawfare, More NSA Surveillance Documents Declassified (by Wells Bennett, September 10, 2013):



These are FISA Court filings and opinions.

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Mike

Nixon and Kissenger would have been better off to have sent the "Plumbers" into the New York Times and Washington Post with sledge hammers and blow torches.

So, the logic is that copies of top...

frankly, because I saw and see him as something of a Phillip Agee (complete with an FSB-Putin Kabuki playlet) - but did this actually happen ?:



without a court order, warrant, etc. Surely,...

These both deal with technical and methodological issues. However, if you happened to stay tuned through all of Bill Binney's video cited above (link to video), you will appreciate their importance...

WP: The NSA is losing the benefit of the doubt (by Ruth Marcus, 22 Aug 2013):



and:



and finally:

Joint Comment by Ritika Singh, Raffaela Wakeman and Benjamin Wittes: The NSA Documents, Part V: The Communications with Congress:



The bottom line is that Congress (for the most part), during...

Judge John D. Bates, well-known for his various decisions cited in the War Crimes thread, headed up the FISA Court until February of this year (Wiki; DCD); he is an older dinosaur: Born on October...

From Lawfare, The Snowden Revelations and Cybersecurity (by Jack Goldsmith, August 14, 2013).



From Computing Now, Making Sense from Snowden: What’s Significant in the NSA Surveillance...

Pre-Snowden - video (1.5 hrs) - content comes at the end of the process.

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Mike

Inside the Decision to Shut Down Silent Mail (13 Aug 2013):



Much more in story, with some interesting comments; e.g.:



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