Last week’s Democratic convention was expertly choreographed for television. For the most part, the party exercised tight control over signage, especially as the week went on. There was MICHELLE on Monday, AMERICA on Tuesday, OBAMA on Wednesday and HILLARY on Thursday,… Read More ›
Archive for July 2016
Protecting the Fourth Amendment in the Information Age: A Response to Robert Litt
The Yale Law Journal has published a short essay that I wrote in response to an article by Robert Litt, General Counsel to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age. Mr…. Read More ›
As Israel Prospers, Obama Set to Give Billions More in Aid While Netanyahu Demands Even More
For all the chatter about animosity between U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, The Washington Post reports that “a senior Israeli official will arrive in Washington next week for a final round of negotiations involving the largest military aid package… Read More ›
Target of Contested National Security Letter Was a Muslim the FBI Wanted to Turn Informant
The target of a federal investigation that set off a more than decadelong battle over secret subpoenas called national security letters was a Muslim prison reform advocate the FBI wanted to become an informant. Nick Merrill, who fought to make… Read More ›
New Documentary Pierces the Psychology of Modern Suicide Bombers
In a scene from Norwegian journalist Paul Refsdal’s new documentary Dugma: The Button, Abu Qaswara, a would-be suicide bomber, describes the sense of exhilaration he felt during an aborted suicide attack against a Syrian army checkpoint. “These were the happiest [moments] I’ve had… Read More ›
New Tool to Help Notify Users When Their Content is Taken Offline
When user content is threatened with removal from the Internet, it’s unlikely that anyone is going to put up more of a fight than the user who uploaded it. That’s what makes it so critically important that the user is… Read More ›
“The Two-Party System Is the Worst Case Scenario” – An Interview With the Green Party’s Jill Stein
As the Democratic convention in Philadelphia progressed, and hopes of a revolution on the floor quickly faded for the thousands of Bernie Sanders supporters, support for another figure began to emerge on the streets: Green Party candidate Jill Stein. By the… Read More ›
Federal Judge Rips Uber Apart Over Dirt-Digging Investigation
In December of last year, Yale environmental researcher Spencer Meyer filed suit against Uber, alleging price fixing by Uber’s drivers and founder in violation of federal antitrust law. Hardly the first person to accuse Uber of corporate malfeasance, Meyer nonetheless became the target of… Read More ›
Intelligence Chief Suffers Intelligence Failure Over His Own Team’s Willingness to Brief Donald Trump
The country’s top intelligence official, James Clapper, insisted on Thursday that there has been no hesitation within the intelligence community when it comes to giving classified briefings to the presidential candidates, including Donald Trump. “Is there any hesitation in the… Read More ›
Hillary Clinton Will Be Good for Business, Predicts Chamber of Commerce Lobbyist
When Jennifer Pierotti Lim strode up to the podium on the final day of the Democratic National Convention, she was identified as the co-founder of Republican Women for Hillary, a group of conservative activists supporting Hillary Clinton. Lim focused her brief… Read More ›