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On Tuesday afternoon, American media burst into an uproar at the news that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had apparently “revers[ed] his support for a two-solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict....
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Just in time for today's Israeli elections, the latest episode of Rational Security is now out, complete with my analysis of the lay of the land for today's voting, a discussion of interoperability and c...
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Anyone remember Samuel Loring Morrison? Espionage Act nerds certainly do.
Morrison was the first person prosecuted and convicted under the Espionage Act for leaking classified material? Morrison was con...
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In the wake of the White House announcement that it is going to create the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC), I wrote an essay for Lawfare regarding lessons for CTIIC that might be dra...
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In an appearance on CBS’s “Face the Nation” yesterday, Secretary of State John Kerry seemed to suggest that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has a role to play in any negotiations to end the Syrian civil...
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The Supreme Court will decide the Jerusalem passport case, Zivotofsky, sometime between now and late June. (For details on the case, see the SCOTUSblog page and Lawfare coverage here and here and here.)...
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Last week the Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) of the UK Parliament published its much-anticipated report entitled "Privacy and Security: A Modern and Transparent L
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In his speech before Congress the other day, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following comparison between the Iranian nuclear program and the North Korean path to nuclear weapons:
Insp...
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Editor’s Note: The latest attacks in Europe and the risk of terrorism from lone wolves and returned foreign fighters have led to an increased focus on preventing terrorism by stopping radicalization in t...
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President Obama’s Chief of Staff, Denis McDonough, has written a good response to Senator Corker’s letter to the President on the Iran nuclear deal. Recall that Senator Corker had asked “whether [the Pr...
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On March 4 2015, Pakistani national Abid Naseer was convicted in a Brooklyn Federal Court of supporting terrorism and conspiring with al-Qaeda to bomb a shopping mall in the United Kingdom in 2009.
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This week, Brookings hosted a book launch with Harvard Law Professor Gabriella Blum and co-author Benjamin Wittes for their new book, The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones---
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Earlier this week, 47 Republican senators sent an open letter to the leaders of Iran.
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Tomorrow -- 3.14.15 @ 9:26:53. Enjoy the moment .... we shall not see its like again.
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One of my favorite movies has always been Bill Murray's Groundhog Day. Besides the great acting from Murray (and co-star Andie MacDowell) it's a wonderful exposition of the definition of insanity -- doi...
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At 1:00 pm, CIA Director John Brennan will speak at the Council on Foreign Relations on the agency's strategy for strengthening intelligence-gathering capabilities and how the agency will be restructured...
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Yesterday, the Islamic State accepted Boko Haram’s pledge of loyalty. On Saturday, the West African jihadist group released a statement, saying, “We announce our allegiance to the Caliph of the Muslims ...
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Every day brings a new and different story about the Obama administration’s plans with regard to a possible deal with Iran as it relates to domestic and international law. One can understand why the adm...