The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board yesterday had a public meeting yesterday to, as its web site describes it, “discuss and vote on a proposed plan for its review of counterterrorism activities conducted by the Intelligence Community under Executive Order 12333.”
Yesterday, I wrote about the consequences of congressional inaction over the next two months with respect to Section 215 of the Patriot Act. Today, I want to focus on another area where Congress is poised to do nothing: authorizing force against the Islamic State.
In this episode of Uncommon Knowledge, Peter sits down with Senator Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, to examine the many issues facing the nation today.
This is part of an occasional series about the militant group Islamic State and its violent collision with the United States and others intent on halting the group’s rapid rise.
As Paul Rosenzweig noted earlier today in Lawfare, the President just signed out an Executive Order that can result in the imposition of financial sanctions on a variety of bad actors that ply their trade through cyber means or against important cyber assets and/or restrictions or bans on travel to the United States on such individuals.
Remember these words the next time the New York Times runs a pious editorial decrying—with a spurious combination of selective facts and distorted law—some morally complicated aspect of U.S. counterterrorism policy.
Hoover fellow Richard Epstein discusses the art of negotiation in light of discussions concerning a two state solution between Israel and the Palestinians.
Hoover fellow Larry Diamond says Tunisia is still a success, but notes that Tunisia is going through a tough period and needs security assistance and support.