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Terrorist Watchlists and the Myth of Individual Suspicion
Jen Daskal commented last week on the revelation of a secret exception to the “reasonable suspicion” standard for adding people to the terrorist watchlist. I want to raise…
News Roundup and Notes: May 1, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Surveillance, Privacy, &…
Confusion on the scope of IC Directive 119–Is it principally about classified or nonclassified information?
In the past couple of days, Steve and I have offered views on the constitutionality of the new Intelligence Community Directive 119 — which, broadly speaking, prohibits employees…
State Department Releases Country Reports on Terrorism
Just Security readers will be interested to know that today, the State Department’s Bureau of Counterterrorism released its Country Reports on Terrorism for 2013. This…
Why Can’t We Even Say How Many We Have Killed?
On Monday, Just Security marked the ten-year anniversary of the disclosure of the Abu Ghraib scandal with a pair of eloquent posts by David Luban (Part 1 and Part 2). The Senate…
Drone Casualty Reporting Requirement Dropped from Intel Authorization Bill
Over the last several months, we’ve been following closely several legislative proposals in the House and Senate aimed at bringing greater transparency to the U.S. drone…
News Roundup and Notes: April 30, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Syria According to scientific…
White House Makes Reassuring Noises On 0-Day Policy
Yesterday afternoon, the White House put out a statement describing its view of vulnerability disclosure: the contentious issue of whether and when government agencies should disclose…
Are AQAP Domestic Insurgents in Yemen Covered by the AUMF?
According to Dan Klaidman’s excellent book, President Obama and John Brennan drew a red line in 2011: The United States would target members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula…
A more equivocal take on the constitutionality of the DNI’s Directive 119
In a post yesterday, Steve concluded that the DNI’s new Directive 119 — which, broadly speaking, prohibits employees of the Intelligence Community from unauthorized…
News Roundup and Notes: April 29, 2014
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. Ukraine The Treasury Department…
Remembering Abu Ghraib (2): Not Company Men and Women
[This is the second of a two-part post on the tenth anniversary of the Abu Ghraib scandal. I broke it up for easier reading. The first part is here.] Most people will comply but some…