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The Saudi Attack; Lies Are Quicker; Berkeley and Surveillance
Iran Tries to Blow Up Saudi Company. The New York Times is reporting the attempt. It is a chilling episode that should give eveyrone pause. "In August, a petrochemical company with a plant in Saudi Ar... -
Rational Security: The "Rex, Eat the Salad" Edition
Rex Tillerson is out at the State Department, and Mike Pompeo will leave CIA to take his place. The British government blames Russia for a brazen poisoning plot—but President Trump is not so sure. And Re... -
Livestream: Confirmation Hearing of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone as NSA Director
The Senate intelligence committee is holding a hearing Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone to be director of the National Security Agency (Prepared Testimony). Watc... -
U.S. Policy Toolkit for Kaspersky Labs
In February, the White House attributed “the most destructive and costly cyberattack in history,” a summer 2017 attack affecting critical infrastructure and other victims around the world, to Russian int... -
The U.K.’s Opportunity to Use Lawfare in Response to the Salisbury Attack
The United Kingdom has already outlined economic and diplomatic sanctions against Russia in response to the chemical weapons attack in Salisbury, England. Prime Minister Theresa May suggested that covert... -
Document: White House Legal and Policy Frameworks for Use of Military Force
The New York Times has published the White House's unclassified "Report on the Legal and Policy Frameworks Guiding the United States' Use of Military Force for National Security Operations." As Scott And... -
The White House PCLOB Nominations: A Pleasant Surprise
There is that classic joke about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist—an experiment in which two children are put in a room to play. The pessimist enters a room full of toys and sits there ... -
We Read the New War Powers Report So You Don't Have To
Editor's note: Several hours after we published this post, the report described below became available online courtesy of The New York Times. The Times also provides more details on the previously undisc... -
Why the CLOUD Act is Good for Privacy and Human Rights
A dozen privacy and human rights groups have opposed the bipartisan CLOUD Act regulating cross-border data access, claiming that it will erode basic liberties. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The U.K. expelled 23 Russian diplomats on Wednesday after the Kremlin ignored Prime Minister Theresa May’s deadline for Moscow to explain the poisoning of former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, the ... -
Livestream: Congressional Hearings on Space Warfighting Readiness, Somalia's Security Status, and Protecting Cutting-Edge Technology and U.S. National Security
The House Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. on "Space Warfighting Readiness: Policies, Authorities, and Capabilities." The committee will hear testimony from t... -
EU Expert Group on Fake News Releases Final Report
On Mar. 12, the European Commission released the final report of its independent High Level Expert Group on Fake News and Online Disinformation (the Group), a group of 39 experts from different sectors a...
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