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Chatter: The People Side of Intelligence with Darrell Blocker
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Cybersecurity Regulation: It’s Not ‘Performance-Based’ If Outcomes Can’t Be Measured
A closer look at the TSA’s cybersecurity directive for pipelines casts doubt on the applicability of “performance-based” regulation to cybersecurity. For now, policymakers have to combine management-base... -
Toward Greater Content Moderation Transparency Reporting
Content moderation decisions are made throughout the internet stack. Our research suggests that almost none of the larger tech companies is transparently reporting what they are moderating and why. -
Justice Department Motion to Expedite Special Master Appeal Granted
The Justice Department's motion was granted, setting a briefing schedule in the Eleventh Circuit that will end on Nov. 17 with no extensions. -
Rational Security 2.0: The 'Escalatory Alan' Edition
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The Lawfare Podcast: An Update on Electoral Count Act Reform
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Beyond Deportation
How the logic of immigration control erodes civil liberties and legitimates unjustified domestic policing and surveillance. -
What Is the Controversy on Repatriations From Syria About?
A summary of the background of the repatriation controversy and the stakes of the situation in the wake of the ECtHR’s H.F. v. France judgment. -
Defense Department Releases 2021 Report on Civilian Casualties in Connection With United States Military Operations
The annual report stated that 12 civilian deaths, all in Afghanistan, occured in 2021. -
Trump Asks Supreme Court to Reverse Eleventh Circuit Ruling Granting Justice Department Access to Classified Documents
On Tuesday afternoon, former President Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to halt the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals’s Sept. 21 ruling granting the Justice Department's access to classified document... -
Oath Keepers on Trial
A dispatch from the trial of the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, and his co-defendants. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Mark Bergen on the Rise and Rise of YouTube
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Big Tech’s Chickens Coming Home to Roost
The latest episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast. -
“Zeitenwende”: A Turning Point for German Policy Toward China?
A review of Norbert Röttgen, “Never Again Helpless! A Manifesto in Times of War” (published in German under the title “Nie wieder hilflos! Ein Manifest in Zeiten des Krieges”) (dtv, 2022). -
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Trump Opposes Justice Department Motion to Expedite Special Master Appeal
In its motion to expedite, the Justice Department pointed out that the decision of the appeal might render proceedings under the special master unnecessary. -
The Lawfare Podcast: What’s Going on in Russia, with Vindman and Ioffe
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Don’t Assume China’s AI Regulations Are Just a Power Play
Commentators have framed new regulations on AI systems in China as part of an effort to micromanage algorithms. But this fails to address other possible rationales—and glosses over constraints inherent i... -
France Called Out for Ignoring Plea to Repatriate Citizens in Syria
While cautious in its legal reasoning, the European Court of Human Rights ruling was a limited victory for advocates of repatriation. States are constrained by their human rights commitments—even on the ... -
A Moment of Strategic Clarity
Russia's military mobilization and annexation of portions of Eastern Ukraine narrows the possible options for Ukraine and its partners.
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Trump Offers First Legal Justification for Venezuela Boat Strike
The 48-hour War Powers report claims the president acted on the basis of his Article II authority as an act of “self-defense.” -
Did the President’s Strike on Tren de Aragua Violate the Law?
By applying the tools of war to civilians, the Trump administration is entering unprecedented—and deeply problematic—legal territory.