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Stories of grievous hacks, data breaches and their fallouts have become an almost daily addition to the news cycle. On Wednesday, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Mark Risher, Director of Product Management...
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On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered the U.S. to ease sanctions on Iran in areas related to humanitarian and civilian aid. Quinta Jurecic uploaded the text of the order,...
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This past Wednesday, Oct. 3, proved to a busy day in the world of international law.
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A Pakistani journalist, Cyril Almeida, is facing a court hearing for treason in connection with conducting an interview in which former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appeared to reinforce India’s accusatio...
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I want to supplement Elena Chachko’s useful analysis of Wednesday’s International Court of Justice decision in the case of Iran v.
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Israel was dealt a bad hand when it comes to regional security, and Syria is the latest—and trickiest—card in the deck. On the one hand, the weakness of the Bashar al-Assad regime diminishes a leader who...
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Back in 2002, I published a book entitled Starr: A Reassessment, which took a nuanced look at the history of Kenneth Starr’s service as independent counsel. The book focused on Starr’s understanding of h...
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The White House released the National Strategy for Counterterrorism on Oct. 4. It is the first such strategy to be released since the publication of the Obama administration’s strategy in 2011. The full ...
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As many readers know, supply chain security has been an increasing concern for those who use information technology for critical functions—that is, it affects everyone.
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The Justice Department announced on Oct. 5 the indictment of seven officers of the Russian Military Intelligence Directorate, or GRU, on charges of computer hacking, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft...
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According to Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley in Bloomberg Businessweek, China has recently engaged in bulk supply-chain sabotage, corrupting thousands of servers on computers that end up in the server...
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Spotted: A rare episode of the National Security Law Podcast clocking in at under one hour! And yet there was much to discuss, including:
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Officials in Western Europe, the U.S. and Malaysia have accused Russian intelligence officers of launching cyber attacks on investigators pursuing cases of Russian misconduct around the globe, including ...
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On Thursday, the Department of Justice unsealed an indictment of seven officers in the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency, on charges of computer hacking, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft an...
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On Aug. 4, as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gave a speech in front of the ranks of the Venezuelan National Guard, two DJI Matrice M600 drones took to the sky. Each drone was armed with a little les...
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued a unanimous order on Oct. 3 indicating limited provisional measures against the United States. Iran brought the case after President Trump pulled the U.S. ...
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The Trump administration accuses China of a massive propaganda campaign in the United States. Facebook suffers a serious hack that exposes 50 million users. And, all laughing aside, what do we make of th...
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A series of envelopes addressed to senior American officials including President Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, were found to contain the poison ricin, reports the Washington Post. The two envel...
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Ammar al-Baluchi is one of five Guantanamo detainees accused of planning the 9/11 attacks. In March, his counsel filed a motion for a permanent injunction with respect to unlawful trial by a capital mili...
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Sen. Tim Kaine has released a letter he sent to the Pentagon on Oct. 2 requesting further clarification on the Department of Defense's legal understanding of collective self-defense under international l...
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