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New NSA Reform Proposal from Sen. Leahy and Rep. Sensenbrenner
While the continued government shutdown has sidelined an estimated 800,000 federal employees and resulted in the cancellation of President Obama’s trip to Asia this weekend,…
Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History — A Rejoinder from David Luban
The following is part of an exchange between Just Security’s David Luban and Guest Author John Fabian Witt regarding Witt’s new book Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in…
Food for Thought on the Effectiveness of Drone Strikes
For those following the drone debates, this new study published last week by the US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute is definitely worth a read. Though I haven’t…
News Roundup and Notes: October 4, 2013
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. Government shutdown The…
Recent Filings in Case Challenging NSA metadata program (ACLU v. Clapper)
Earlier this summer the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the NSA’s collection of telephony metadata under Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. This is one…
A Response to David Luban
This following is a reply from Guest Author John Fabian Witt in response to a book review published earlier today by David Luban on Witt’s new book Lincoln’s Code: The…
Book Review — Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American History
In our Books We’ve Read section, Just Security frequently provides in-depth summaries of books related to national security law and policy. These summaries are meant…
Significant Fast & Furious Opinion in Oversight Committee v. Holder
On Monday, a federal district court refused to dismiss the congressional civil contempt action in Committee on Oversight and Government Reform v. Holder (“Holder”). This opinion…
News Roundup and Notes: October 3, 2013
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. Government shutdown The…
NSA Bulk Collection, the “Corporate Store,” and the Forgotten ECPA Loophole
This weekend’s New York Times report on NSA aggregation of large databases to map the social networks of US citizens contains a reminder that the vast bulk phone records…
Journalism and/as Espionage: A Surreply to Gabriel Schoenfeld
I suspect we’re quickly reaching the point in the conversation about the relationship between national security journalism and espionage in which everything has been said,…
Gabriel Schoenfeld Responds to Lederman and Vladeck
I thank both Steve Vladeck and Marty Lederman for commenting on my post, a post that was drawn from a longer article, Journalism or Espionage? just published in the fall issue…