Technical Glitches and Minimization
The news that the FBI accidentally gave over all the emails from a domain–rather than just user of that domain–illustrates the importance of minimization in the FISA debates.
Marcy Wheeler is an independent journalist writing about national security and civil liberties. She writes as emptywheel at her eponymous blog, publishes at outlets including Vice, Motherboard, the Nation, the Atlantic, Al Jazeera, and appears frequently on television and radio. She is the author of Anatomy of Deceit, a primer on the CIA leak investigation, and liveblogged the Scooter Libby trial.
Marcy has a PhD from the University of Michigan, where she researched the “feuilleton,” a short conversational newspaper form that has proven important in times of heightened censorship. Before and after her time in academics, Marcy provided documentation consulting for corporations in the auto, tech, and energy industries. She lives with her spouse in Grand Rapids, MI.
The news that the FBI accidentally gave over all the emails from a domain–rather than just user of that domain–illustrates the importance of minimization in the FISA debates.
The Bush Administration is about to spend $40 million to shoot down a wayward spy satellite–what amounts to a $40 million dollar pissing contest with the Chinese.
I haven’t looked at the underlying analysis in this study, but
AJ Rossmiller (he of AmericaBlog fame) nailed the 2005 Iraqi election. You might recall that as the election where, after it had long become clear Ahmad Chalabi had little base of support in Iraq, some anonymous sources in the Administration nevertheless had great hopes that somehow Chalabimight end up as Prime Minister.
Did Brent Wilkes, facing heavy jail time because he lied about his finances to get a public defender in his second case, flip on Dusty Foggo?
The Guardian reports that Bandar allegedly threatened Tony Blair to force him to halt an investigation into BAE-related bribes of Bandar.
Both Silvestre Reyes and Harry Reid made good speeches today anticipating Bush’s tired old attacks. Could it be that Donna Edwards’ victory woke some people up?
Condi succeeded in dodging Robert Wexler’s questions about Iraq intelligence. A pity, too, because she sure opened herself up for some doozy questions about the SOTU.
John Yarmouth–who was elected in 2006–sounds like DFH blogger. While I disagree that 2006 wasn’t about the war, I strongly agree with Yarmouth: Democrats were given control of Congress to reclaim the rule of law.
Steven Bradbury rationalizes torture while Conyers tries to salvage separation of powers.