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7 Jan 2008, 9:59 am
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 4th, the Anderson Herald Bulletin is reporting:A special judge will hear a legal challenge to the eligibility of Anderson Mayor Kris Ockomon. [read post]
6 Jan 2008, 11:40 am
Today's new filings: Nancy Allf, Nevada Supreme Court Seat B Mary "Kris" Pickering, Nevada Supreme Court Seat B Thomas Christensen, Nevada Supreme Court Seat D Michael Root, Dist. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 12:46 pm
Democrat Kris Ockomon beat Republican incumbent Kevin Smith in the November election and was sworn in Tuesday as the city's new mayor. [read post]
1 Dec 2007, 1:20 am
I wrote last week that, because the NSA's techniques are classified, and because FISA and its fixes are intentionally "written in such enigmatic terms that only those who have been briefed in executive session will understand them," it is extremely difficult to get a fix on exactly what the Administration's proposed amendments would authorize.Well, there is one place you now can go to get a good sense of what is probably at stake: this monograph by David Kris,… [read post]
27 Nov 2007, 2:11 am
(Hat tip to David Kris for obtaining it and bringing it to my attention.)The most important sentence in the memo, I think, is this one, in the penultimate paragraph:"It should also be noted that the proposed amendment to FISA to resolve the NSA problem . . . is certain to be written in such enigmatic terms that only those who have been briefed in executive session will understand them. [read post]
21 Oct 2007, 10:35 pm by Steve
After a chapter on food, author David Harsanyi moves on to its partner in crime, drink. [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 9:31 pm
As David Kris previously testified on behalf of DOJ:Even when the government's prosecutorial purpose is at its zenith, there will still always (or almost always) be a "significant" non-prosecutorial purpose for conducting a FISA search or surveillance. [read post]
13 Sep 2007, 11:42 am
For those who have been tracking changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, David Kris, former associate deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice, has made it easier with a helpful new document (see below) showing the original FISA law from 1978 and all of the changes that have been made to it since 9/11 through the Patriot Act and other legislation. [read post]
5 Sep 2007, 6:14 am
(McDonough 203): FISA - Purpose, Scope and Practice Confirmed panelists include James Baker (Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School), David Kris (co-author, National Security Investigations and Prosecutions), Dr. [read post]
30 Aug 2007, 1:04 pm
Over at Slate, Patrick Radden Keefe, Orin Kerr, David Kris, and Marty Lederman are having an interesting debate about the new FISA law -- the Protect America Act -- which was passed to authorize the Bush Administration's NSA surveillance program. [read post]
29 Aug 2007, 12:41 pm
Patrick Radden Keefe, a journalist who covers spying, started things off, while former Justice Department officials in the Bush Administration Marty Lederman and David Kris follow on. [read post]
31 Jul 2007, 10:24 am
  And finally the proposed bill largely hews to the troublesome distinction highlighted by David Kris,a former Administration lawyer, who notes that the administration is attempting to define surveillance as only activities that are targeted at a "specific, known" person. [read post]
8 Jul 2007, 1:11 am
For ease of reference, we've grouped together [and updated] our posts on the complex of issues raised by torture, interrogation, detention, war powers, Executive authority, the Department of Justice, and the Office of Legal Counsel. [read post]
21 May 2007, 10:26 am
David Kris, a former Bush Administration Associate Deputy Attorney General, analyzed the proposed changes (.pdf) and found that the crux of the proposal was to shift power from the judicial branch to the executive branch. [read post]
22 Dec 2006, 11:31 am
David Luban, What Makes a War? [read post]
9 Mar 2006, 7:03 am
[JURIST] Recently released documents reveal that former Associate Deputy Attorney General David S. [read post]