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Capitol Hill’s Love-Hate Relationship with FISA
You can always tell when it’s time to reauthorize a portion of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) because Congress starts wringing its hands about some aspect of the law. FISA is a law that... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Joshua Corman and Justine Bone
Episode 157 digs into the security of the medical internet of things. Which, we discover, could be described more often than we’d like as an internet of things that want to kill us. -
I Believe
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times reports that the deadliest chemical weapons attack in years in Syria killed dozens of people in the northern province of Idlib this morning. A few hours later, witnesses say that an ai... -
The “Grand Bargain” at Risk: What’s at Stake When the President Alleges Politics in Intelligence
The U.S. intelligence community is on the verge of a crisis of confidence and legitimacy it has not experienced since the 1970s. Back then, the crisis was one of the community’s own behavior. In the 1950... -
A Culture on Trial
PDF version A review of Kim Christian Priemel, The Betrayal: The Nuremberg Trials and German Divergence (Oxford University Press 2016). *** -
Sisi Gets Warm Welcome at White House, Tillerson Visits Turkey, and a Trump Tie to Russia Runs Through the Emirates
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Brief for Captain Nathan Smith's Challenge to Presidential War-making
Here is the brief for Captain Smith that was filed yesterday afternoon in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, along with the joint appendix. The case will be ready for argument later this ... -
Nine Questions to Ask after a Terrorist Attack
With perhaps ten or more dead in St. Petersburg in what looks like a terrorist attack on a metro station there, the questions are starting to mount. Is it really terrorism, or was there some other reason... -
This Week at the Military Commissions, 3/24 Session: The “Sudden Downpour” Edition
Military judge Army Colonel James Pohl calls the commission to order, and takes roll, noting that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Mustafa al Hawsawi are absent but all other defendants are present. Prosecuto... -
Breaking News: I Was (Probably) the Subject of Incidental Collection
Paging Devin Nunes: You'd better get yourself over to the White House to brief the President. Get this: The FBI is engaged in a pattern of incidental collection of information on US persons in the course... -
Force-Feeding Videos Remain Sealed
On Friday, a three-judge panel in the D.C. Court of Appeals rejected a request to release recordings of military personnel in Guantanamo Bay force-feeding a detainee who was on a hunger strike. The detai...
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