Secrecy: Wikileaks
How Wikileaks Hacked the Media
Nicholas Weaver Mon, Mar 13, 2017, 4:26 PM
Wikileaks once again successfully hacked the media, shaping discussions into deliberately deceptive ways.
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Cybersecurity
A Few Observations on Wikileaks and Vault7: Hacking at the CIA
Herb Lin Wed, Mar 8, 2017, 10:36 AM
Some additional notes on Wikileaks' release of CIA hacking tools.
Cybersecurity
The CIA’s No Good, Very Bad, Totally Awful Tuesday
Nicholas Weaver Tue, Mar 7, 2017, 2:10 PM
An initial analysis of the trove of CIA documents released by Wikileaks.
Secrecy & Leaks
It’s Not About Mike Flynn
Adam Klein Fri, Feb 17, 2017, 2:06 PM
Even if one agrees that FISA and the applicable minimization procedures were likely observed in the Flynn case, that should be the beginning, not the end, of the analysis.
Secrecy & Leaks
The Law of Leaks
Susan Hennessey, Helen Klein Murillo Wed, Feb 15, 2017, 3:44 PM
In light of President Trump’s recent attacks on leakers, we’ve provided an examination of what the nature of leak investigations and enforcement means for executive information control.
First Amendment
FISC Rejects Claim That Public Has a First Amendment Right to Court Decisions About Bulk Data Collection
Michael Linhorst Mon, Feb 6, 2017, 1:39 PM
Citizens do not have a First Amendment right to read the full court decisions that support the legality of the NSA’s bulk data collection program, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has concluded.
Transition 2016
Six Thoughts In Defense of James Comey
Benjamin Wittes Tue, Jan 17, 2017, 12:14 PM
So let me sound a note of dissent—several notes of dissent, to be precise—on Comey’s villainy. And let me emphatically dissent on the question of whether of whether he should be replaced as FBI director.
Secrecy & Leaks
A Personal Tale of Prepublication Review
Thomas Reed Willemain Tue, Jan 10, 2017, 2:00 PM
Having recently gone through the prepublication review process, I’d like to offer my own thoughts on the process—which I’d give a mixed review—along with suggestions for evaluation criteria that should be helpful in assessing any overdue reform initiatives
Cybersecurity
New Strategies for Securing Our Private Lives
Jonathan Zittrain Mon, Oct 24, 2016, 9:41 AM
If the media is understandably going to publish newsworthy stuff, regardless of its provenance, and people are going to continue to use email and other communications that leave a record, what should be done to mitigate risk?
Campaign 2016
Comey's Testimony as Precedent
Benjamin Wittes Fri, Jul 8, 2016, 3:29 PM
Comey's decision to talk in detail about the Clinton investigation is justifiable. But don't let it become a precedent. When prosecutors and investigators decline to indict someone, they should shut the heck up.