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In his contemptuous response to Dianne Feinstein's request that he actually comply with the Senate Judiciary Committee's earlier request for documents, Jared Kushner's lawyer, Abbe Lowell, says things that make it clear the Intelligence Committee investigations into Russian tampering with the election are totally inadequate.

The NSA sent out a touchy-feely description of what it claims is the impact of 702 on the "average" American, complete with a shiny new picture making NSA look small and cuddly. But the piece is pretty deceitful.

Julian Assange's tweet offering to set up a luxury immunity suite hotel in DC is a pretty explicit threat, one using the CIA as hostage.

While the evidence is circumstantial, the case of Keith Gartenlaub shows why it is so problematic that the government can reverse target under Section 702.

The Senate Intelligence Committee report on its version of Section 702 "reform" is out. It makes it clear that my concerns raised here and here are merited. In this post, I'll examine what the report -- particularly taken in conjunction with…

On October 18, Attorney General Jeff Sessions couldn't recall whether he had discussed emails with any Russian officials. Perhaps recent reporting on emails between George Papadopoulos and Sessions' aide Stephen Miller will refresh his memory in time for tomorrow's HJC hearing.

A bunch of surveillance boosters are upset that a surveillance champion got connection chained through his 22 year old son.

After chatting up Putin, Trump backed Putin's version of the hack of last year's election again today. At this point, I think this is more about criminal defense than plain old denial.

I find Mike Flynn's willingness to engage in kidnapping horrible. But I'm surprised that some others -- who didn't used to have a problem with extraordinary rendition -- do.