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Summary: United Kingdom Data Protection Bill
In its 2017 manifesto, the U.K. Conservative and Unionist Party committed itself to “enshrining [the U.K.’s] global leadership in the ethical and proportionate regulation of data” with a new data protect... -
No Privacy Shield, No Parachute?: The Brexit Cliff Edge and Data Regulation
Recent weeks have seen turmoil for Theresa May and her government. International Development Secretary Priti Patel and Defense Secretary Michael Fallon both resigned, and First Secretary of State Damian ... -
Document: House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017
The House Permament Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has released its version of the FISA Amendements Reauthorization Act of 2017. You can find the document here: -
The Lawfare Podcast: Orin Kerr on Carpenter
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Carpenter v. United States, a major Fourth Amendment case asking whether a warrant is necessary before law enforcement can obtain cell site data identi... -
In Defense of the Mosaic Theory
As the Supreme Court begins its formal consideration of the Carpenter case, it seems useful to me to finally take up the challenge that my friend, Orin Kerr, has often laid down -- he asks why nobody is ... -
Congress and the President in Wartime
PDF version A review of David Barron's Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS (Simon & Schuster, 2016). *** -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in a test that demonstrated the Kim regime’s longest potential range capability yet. The Hwasong-15 missile could reach all of the continental Unit... -
Updates from the Military Commissions, 11/14-11/16: Wrapping Up the Physical Evidence Witnesses in al-Nashiri
Following the events of Nov. 13 summarized in the last post in this series, the military commission in United States v. al-Nashiri reconvened on Tuesday, Nov. -
The Cyber Diplomacy Act of 2017: Giving Cyber the Importance It Needs at the State Department
A bill from a strong bipartisan group of House members may reinstate and elevate a version of the cyber coordinator position eliminated as part of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s controversial “redesi... -
The National Security Law Podcast: Donuts and Depth Charges
And … they’re back! Fresh off of Thanksgiving, Professors Chesney and Vladeck are (all too) fired up to discuss the latest national security law news (not to mention a bunch of stuff that just isn’t rele... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Pope Francis met with Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s civilian leader, and failed to explicitly denounce Myanmar’s campaign of violence against Rohingya Muslims, the New York Times reported. -
Updates from the Military Commissions, 11/13: Finally, a Cross-Examination!
When last we left Lawfare readers, the prosecution in the United States v. al-Nashiri military commission had begun “preadmission” of evidence despite the ongoing refusal of defense counsel to participate.
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