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As a follow up to my post of yesterday about cyber in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, here is another thought from Admiral (Ret.) James Stavridis, the former commander of NATO. In his view NATO should:
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Russian forces have seized control of Crimea and reportedly are digging trenches in the land bridge that connects Crimea with the rest of Ukraine. Is this a flagrant violation of international law regula...
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As the world watches the slow-motion catastrophe that is happening in Crimea and the Ukraine and wondering how it will all play out on the ground, many in the cyber community are asking a different quest...
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Addressing an American public skeptical of U.S. military intervention in Syria, President Barack Obama noted, “In that part of the world, there are ancient sectarian differences.” Indeed, religious confl...
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Last Tuesday, a panel of Brookings foreign policy experts came together to discuss the "state of the international order." The event, and a companion Brookings report, focused on international coordinat...
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As the week began, Lawfare’s focus was on the courts.
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Ben Emmerson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, has released a report in the course of his investi...
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When last we debated the Government’s legal authority to kill an American terrorist overseas, some big-ticket questions had to do with proof: exactly how much evidence would be required before executive ...
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In his first public appearance since his ouster last Saturday, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych announced at a news conference in Russia that he intends to "keep fighting for the future of Uk...
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Another tidbit from the NYT story Ben just flagged:
It is unclear what Mr. Obama’s position is on whether Mr. Shami should be targeted. American officials said that as part of the new rules ordered by Mr.
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The New York Times has the answer---sort of:
WASHINGTON — He is known as Abdullah al-Shami, an Arabic name meaning Abdullah the Syrian. But his nom de guerre masks a reality: He was born in the United S...
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I haven't watched these two speeches from the RSA conference yet, but Paul tells me they are both worth seeing:
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The Guardian reports, based on more Snowden-leaked files, that the NSA assisted British intelligence services in intercepting and storing webcam images of millions of internet users not
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Lawyers love a good fight on definitions, and debate about the § 215 metadata program has raged on the meaning of the statutory language, “relevant to an authorized investigation.” Critics link complian...
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Federal law criminalizes the reentry of a “military . . . installation” after having been ordered not to do so by “any officer or person in command.” 18 U.S.C. § 1382. But does that criminal prohibit...
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The chief prosecutor in United States v. Al-Nashiri, Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, spoke at Guantanamo Bay today on the many pre-trial motions in the case. The introduction is below and you can view the full ...
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This is from a real Egyptian government web site, that of the State Information Service.
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President Obama is preparing a plan that would withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.
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Argument comes now on AE 199, a government motion seeking the court's permission to conduct DNA testing on four hair samples in an FBI lab without the presence of the defense's expert witness. (It's not...
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