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Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement on Tuesday, September 6th on the occasion of the upcoming 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and 16th anniversary of th...
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Hackers gotta hack. It's in their nature. But they also want recognition and maybe a little money. In times past, a hacker who discovered a flaw in a piece of hardware's programming might announce it pro...
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The New York Times writes that a 90-minute meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to broker a ceasefire in Syria’s ongoing civil war. The two world leaders met...
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In a previous post, I commented on the apparent desire of U.S. Cyber Command to develop "loud" cyber weapons, that is, weapons whose use could be easily attributable. But further conversation with variou...
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
Tuesday, September 6th at 4pm: At the Atlantic Council, William Glass, Robert A. Manning, and Denise E. Zheng will participate in a conversation...
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“Brexit Means Brexit,” said British Prime Minister Theresa May in a famously ambiguous phrase from the speech launching her bid for Conservative leadership in June.
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There is much, of course, to be said about the reported Russian intrusion into various aspects of our electoral system.
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IT'S OUR SIXTH BIRTHDAY!
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Last week, co-blogger Nick Weaver posted a short summary of why he holds the view that Apple products are safe, but that Android products systematically are not. His recommendation was to throw your Andr...
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The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place on September 28, when Ben interviews Rosa Brooks about her new book: How Everything Became War and the...
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The recent penetrations of state voter registration databases in Arizona and Illinois have, so far, been limited to data exfiltration. Much of the information contained in voter registration databases is...
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Editor's Note: Bangladesh, one of the world's largest Muslim countries, is usually considered a success story: slowly but steadily, this secular democracy is climbing out of poverty. This perceived succe...
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Okay, this has nothing to do with national security law or policy. What's more, this is way, way outside my area of expertise. But I have this feeling that this may be of interest to some Lawfare readers...
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IT'S OUR SIXTH BIRTHDAY!
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Benjamin Wittes celebrated Lawfare’s sixth birthday with our readers and asked that readers consider contributing to our fundraising drive to help this publication’s coverage expand.
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More than 300 Syrians were evacuated from Moadamiyeh, a rebel-held suburb of Damascus, after a deal was struck between the rebels and the Syrian regime. The Syrian regime permitted rebel fighters to flee...
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Yesterday, I spent a very enjoyable hour with Bob Loeb and Michel Paradis recording this week's Lawfare Podcast, which is a discussion of the D.C. Circuit's decision this week in Al Nashiri II. I won't g...
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Israel has recently signaled that it intends to increase its efforts to disrupt Hamas’ attempts to tap into the funds and resources of international aid organizations operating in Gaza. But the criminal ...
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Palestinian officials are reportedly anxious for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to accelerate its examination of alleged abuses on their territory.
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Lawfare is pleased to announce the publication of a new working paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series: Presidential Elections: A Perilous Time for U.S. Intelligence, by Eric Manpearl.
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