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How to Destroy the Internet
I've lately been thinking of the scope and nature of cyber threats -- mostly in writing a still-in-draft response to Jack Goldsmith's recent defense of cybersecurity regulation. In the interest of furth... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lawyers for the accused in the September 11 case want George Bush and Barack Obama to testify, according to the Associated Press. In addition to the current and former president, Joe Biden, Eric Holder, ... -
"War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences," by Mary L. Dudziak
Published by Oxford University Press (2012) Reviewed by Samuel MoynConsider two views about what went wrong after 9/11 (if you think anything did).
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A "Gag Order" Regarding Members' Identities in the 9/11 Case?
The latest statement from the defense in United States v. Mohammed et al: -
Readings: Alan Rozenshtein on the NDAA and the President's Signing Statement
Lawfare's own Alan Rozenshtein has just published a short Note in the most recent Harvard Law Review explaining and critically discussing controversies surrounding the National Defense Authorization Act ... -
Piracy Convictions Affirmed by Fourth Circuit in Unnited States v. Dire
A Fourth Circuit panel has affirmed the convictions of the Somali pirates who in 2010 attacked the USS Nicholas, rejecting their contention that their failure to actually board (let alone seize) the ship... -
State Department Hackers?
The Associated Press is reporting that, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says U.S. cyber experts hacked al-Qaeda propaganda online in Yemen, changing ads that bragged about killing Americans int... -
Eugene Kontorovich on Prisoner Trades and the Case for GTMO
The following is a guest post from Professor Eugene Kontorovich (Northwestern Law; Institute for Advanced Studies) Prisoner trades and the case for Gitmo A recent revelation provides an important new pe... -
More on Clapper and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Exception
I've gotten lots of helpful feedback both on- and offline re: yesterday's post on Clapper v. Amnesty International, and wanted to write in a bit more detail about (my understanding of) the foreign intell... -
Comments on the Arrested Doctor in Pakistan
A senior government lawyer writes in with the following thought on the Pakistani sentencing of Dr. Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA locate Osama Bin Laden: -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
A U.S. Airways flight from Paris to North Carolina was diverted to Bangor, Maine, after a French passenger gave a flight attendant a note saying that she had a surgically implanted device. The whole affa... -
Federal Court Evidence in the 9/11 Defendants' Military Commission?
Something to mull, while Judge Pohl ponders severance in the 9/11 case: whether the government’s evidence in the still-far-off-in-the-future military commission trial (or trials) also could be admitted i... -
Show Cause Order In the 9/11 Case Now Available
We reported last Friday on an order in United States v. -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
More news from the NATO summit: Alliance leaders have formally agreed to a withdrawal from Afghanistan by 2014, reports the New York Times. -
Results of Our Reader Survey I
Thanks to everyone who took the time to fill out our readership survey. Nearly 300 people did so, and the result is a rich dataset of feedback, suggestions, concerns, criticism and gratifyingly, a great ... -
Why Clapper Matters: The Future of Programmatic Surveillance
In light of the Supreme Court's grant of certiorari yesterday to review the Second Circuit's decision in Clapper v. Amnesty International, I thought I'd put together a background post trying to explain w... -
Appellee Brief Filed in ACLU v. CIA
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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Lots of coverage of the NATO summit in the Windy City this weekend. -
The Doubtful Constitutionality of ACTA as an Ex Ante Congressional-Executive Agreement
Dozens of scholars have written a letter to complain about the constitutional basis for President Obama to ratify the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). ACTA, for those who don’t know, is a con... -
Response to Paul on Cyber-Regulation for Critical Infrastructure
Last week Paul outlined his case against regulation of cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure (CI). He promises more analysis to come, but I wanted to post a few responses now, for while I don’t love...
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Where Does Afghanistan Stand After Four Years of Taliban Rule?
Despite a weak economy, widespread poverty, and draconian gender and social restrictions, the Taliban remain entrenched in power. -
Algorithmic Foreign Influence: Rethinking Sovereignty in the Age of AI
Code now governs what users see, say, and know—across borders, without consent. It’s time to rethink what foreign influence really means. -
Rational Security: The “Whole Etsy Store of Horrors” Edition
Scott Anderson, Anna Bower, Chris Mirasola, and Mykhailo Soldatenko talked through the week’s big national security news.