Snowden

Petraeus reaches plea deal with Justice Department

Petraeus reaches plea deal with Justice Department Kevin Johnson and Tom Vanden Brook, reporting for USA Today: The explosive details in the agreement show that Petraeus lied to investigators, divulged a massive amount of sensitive data to Paula Broadwell and worried about how she handled them in …

Judges are, and aren't, competent to rule on intelligence issues

Judges are, and aren’t, competent to rule on intelligence issuesLots to parse on this one, although it looks like a new chapter in the “Surveillance Wars” Edward Snowden started with his leaks. Two choice quotes really stood out to me in this article, though, especially because they are in …

NYT managing editor: Guardian story on Israel and N.S.A. Is Not 'Surprising' Enough to Cover

NYT managing editor: Guardian story on Israel and N.S.A. Is Not ‘Surprising’ Enough to CoverNew York Times news editor Dean Baquet suffered a serious lapse in editorial judgment. I mean, he can’t be serious, can he?