Security commentary and insight
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act permits U.S. intelligence agencies (including the CIA, NSA, and FBI) to conduct surveillance of people who are: 1) not United States persons (a term of art including U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, U.S. corporations, and some unincorporated associations); and 2) not located in the United States. Those agencies can compel U.S.-based providers of electronic communications to turn over records and communications without individualized court or
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published a report this month examining why the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) collapsed so quickly when the United States withdrew from the country in 2021. The report places much of the blame with the U.S.-Taliban Agreement signed by the Trump Administration in 2020: Read me in →