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Mini Forum on President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies

The Report of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies is an exceptionally important development in the national debate over security and…
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Foreigners and the Review Group Report: Part 2

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the Report by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Others in the series…
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Edward Snowden’s Vindication? All Three Branches Considering NSA Reform

How things change in a single week.  Just last week, I was taping a debate on Edward Snowden and the NSA with, among others, General Michael Hayden, former head of the NSA.  …
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President’s Review Board Says: Protect Thy Neighbor’s Privacy

[Editor’s Note: Just Security is holding a “mini forum” on the Report by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. Others in the series…
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White House Releases Report by President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies

This afternoon, the White House released the Report and Recommendations of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies.  We also have a copy…
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Does Klayman Need to Cross-Appeal Judge Leon’s Ruling?

In yesterday’s post, I explained why, in my view, the far more vulnerable aspect of Judge Leon’s Monday ruling issuing a preliminary injunction against the bulk telephony…
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Judge Leon and the Shocking Scope of the NSA’s Surveillance Program

U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon’s decision on Monday finding that the NSA’s telephony metadata program is likely unconstitutional is a welcome and important recognition…
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Why the Constitutional Holding in Klayman Wasn’t Necessary

24 hours later, Judge Leon’s 68-page opinion issuing (and then staying) a preliminary injunction against the NSA’s bulk telephony metadata program continues to generate…
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Judge Leon Enjoins Bulk Metadata Program; Stays Ruling Pending Appeal

Things just got interesting here in D.C.  In a ruling issued earlier today, Judge Richard Leon has held that Larry Klayman and Charles Strange have standing to challenge the bulk…
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Can §215 Be Used for Content Collection?

At this week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the National Security Agency’s surveillance authorities, Sen. Patrick Leahy posed a crucial question to the government’s…
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Reply to Charlie Dunlap on Sexual Assault Reform Proposals

In this post, I offer this reply to Charlie Dunlap’s post (the “Post”), as well as his underlying essay (the “Essay”), in which he provides full-throated opposition to…
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Associated Forces, Material Support, and the Hidden Flaws in Ali v. Obama

As Steve previously noted over at Lawfare, on Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit affirmed the denial of yet another Guantánamo habeas petition in Ali v. Obama.  Specifically, the court…
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