Benjamin Wittes quotes:

Recommended additon to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: "A right to not have your data rise up and attack you."

Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to denounce jet fuel because of its impact on the environment.

As a general matter, if the president wants to withdraw from a treaty, he simply gets to do that. And that's part of the powers of the office.

When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that's something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.