The United States and Human Rights Treaties: Do They Apply to U.S. Actions Overseas?

U.S. Seems Unlikely to Accept That Rights Treaty Applies to Its Actions Abroad, Charles Savage, New York Times, March 6, 2014

Data Collection vs. Data Use

Privacy Pragmatism: Focus on Data Use, Not Data Collection

Craig Mundie, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2014, pgs 28-38.

Should There Be a Right to Privacy for Everyone on the Planet?

A Global Human Right to Privacy?, Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare, November 11, 2013

Editorial: Why Allies Spy on One Another

Why America spies on its allies (and probably should), Max Fisher, Washington Post, October 29, 2013

Discussion: The Disclosure of Classified Information - How Much Damage Does It Cause?

How does one determine how much damage to national security the unauthorized disclosure of classified information would reasonably be expected to cause?

Leaking Secrets to the Media: An Editorial

Who should judge whether Snowden's leaked secrets are too sensitive to report?, Nick Davies, The Guardian, October 13, 2013

What Should the Public Know About Intelligence Activities?

Spooks and secrets: what is the public's right to know?, Nigel Inkster and Shami Chakrabarti, The Observer, 12 October 2013. 

Spying on Friends: An Editiorial

Spying on 'friends', Brian Cloughley, The News International, October 7, 2013

How NSA Spying Has Changed How Others View the United States

NSA Spying Jeopardizes America's Special Relationship With a Berliner, Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, Oct 1 2013

An Argument as to Why the CIA is Ill-Informed about World Events

CIA’s Deadly Cultural Ignorance, Philip Giraldi, The American Conservative, September 25, 2013

 "Fear of officers "going native" keeps our intelligence agencies ill-informed about Somalia, Syria, and other hotspots."