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The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a new national security strategy for addressing cyber security risks, Reuters reports. According to the 35-page DHS report that Reuters reviewed prior to ... -
States and Their Proxies in Cyber Operations
PDF Version A review of Tim Maurer’s “Cyber Mercenaries: The State, Hackers, and Power” (Cambridge, 2018). *** -
Document: CIA Director Nominee Gina Haspel's Responses to Questions for the Record
On Monday, CIA director nominee Gina Haspel submitted the following responses to written questions from members of the Senate intelligence committee. -
Last Week at the Military Commissions: The 9/11 Case is Back in Motion
The military commission in United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et al. (the “9/11 case”) reconvened for pretrial proceedings last week, meeting in open session on April 30, May 1, and May 3, in additi... -
Iraq’s Controversial Cleric Poised to Win Election
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Every President Gets the White House He Deserves
The Cyberlaw Podcast has now succumbed to an irresistible media trend: We begin the episode with a tweet from President Trump. In this one, he promises to get ZTE “back in business, fast.” Paul Rosenzwei... -
Canada’s Long-Needed Improvements Intelligence Information-Sharing Require More Work
Canada is in the midst of a comprehensive—and long-overdue—reform of its national security institutions and legal authorities. -
What’s Involved in Vetting a Security Protocol: Why Ray Ozzie’s Proposal for Exceptional Access Does Not Pass Muster
For almost a decade, the FBI has been stating that law enforcement is “going dark"—meaning it is increasingly unable to listen in to communications and, more recently, to open locked devices in which imp... -
When Constitutional Rules May No Longer Be Law: A Response to Goldsmith and Glennon
In his April 16 post on the similarities between American constitutional and international laws regulating the use of war powers—an analysis similar to but narrower than his 2009 law review article writt... -
Introducing Sourcelist: Promoting Diversity in Technology Policy
I am delighted to announce the launch of Sourcelist, a database of experts in technology policy from diverse backgrounds. -
The Week That Will Be
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Why the 2018 Election Season Isn’t Over for the Kurds
This weekend, Iraqi citizens went to the polls to vote in the first parliamentary elections since the Islamic State seized—and subsequently lost—a third of the country’s territory in 2014.
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