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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The Supreme Court Enters the Surveillance Debate
Since 2004, the Supreme Court’s transnational progressive bloc has forged a novel — and, in my view, a damaging — judicial oversight role in American national security. The whim...
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War-Power Paranoia
Zero. If you’re keeping score, that would be the number of American citizens assassinated so far by President Obama. Oddly enough, it turns out to be the same number of our countrymen kille...
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Et Tu, Yoo?
I’m disheartened to find my friend John Yoo lending his voice to the bogus claim that opposition to U.S. intervention in Libya’s civil war makes one an “isolationist.” And...
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Lead, Senator
The McCain campaign reassures on surveillance reform, but …
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A Good Deal On Surveillance Reform
Politics, it is often said, is the art of the possible. By that measure, national security has been served by the compromise finally struck Thursday to overhaul our outdated surveillance laws. Th...
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More FISA Fear-Mongering
The New York Times strikes again.
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FISA Reform Debacle in the Making?
Collecting intelligence and connecting dots isn’t just good policy. It’s good politics. The reform of FISA -- the ill-conceived, outdated Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
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FISA Reform Is Vital to Stopping the Next Terror Plot, Not the Last One
Thanks to a testimonial error that National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is now undertaking to clarify, a confusing turn has been taken in the debate over reforming “FISA” --...
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Profiles in Cowardice
On Tuesday, we got a double-winner. First, the Senate voted to approve an overhaul of intelligence law which, though flawed, provides authority for American intelligence agencies to continue moni...
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When the Clock Strikes Midnight, We Will Be Significantly Less Safe
The Democrats' FISA talking points are nonsense.
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FISA Reform: The Bad Bill that Beats No Bill
The Senate bill is bipartisan -- and that's nothing to celebrate.
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Don’t Give In on FISA Reform, Mr. President
No more delays.
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Dems Unserious on Surveillance
The legal basis for protecting trial lawyers just got even weaker.
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Are These Senators Ready to be President?
What passes for the world’s greatest deliberative body is back in session this week, which means it’s time for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to remember they actually have day jobs...
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Let’s Have a FISA Fight
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: Three cheers for Chris Dodd! With his bid for the Democrats’ presidential nomination canceled for lack of interest, Connecticu...
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End the Stealth Government
"FISA reform" must mean less FISA Court.
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FISA Deal on the Horizon?
Aggressive foreign intelligence collection is not just an imperative; it's popular.
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
On torture and executive power, Democrats sing a different tune when the president is … a Democrat.
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The Case for Telecom Immunity
Security means holding firm on the sticking point in the surveillance drama.