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A candidate forum with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump on national security issues took place last night on NBC. It included questions to both candidates from an audience of veterans.
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An alliance of moderate opposition groups has unveiled a detailed transition plan for Syria that commits the country to safeguarding both democratic and religious pluralism. The High Negotiation Committe...
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Author’s note: Despite appearing under my byline, this post actually represents the work of a larger group. The Keys Under Doormats group includes Harold Abelson, Ross Anderson, Steven M. Bellovin, Josh ...
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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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