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Travel Ban 3.0: The Hawaii TRO Is Right on the Statute
EDITOR'S NOTE: This piece was updated Tuesday with a short comment on Judge Theodore Chuang's order. -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: The Midnight Basketball of Cybersecurity
This episode features an interview with Mårten Mickos, the CEO of HackerOne. HackerOne administers bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure programs for a host of private companies as well as DOD’s “Hack ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S.-backed forces completed the capture of Raqqa, the one-time capital city of the Islamic State, the Washington Post reported. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said they had ceased military operation... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Bonus Edition: Steve Vladeck on Detaining an American Enemy Combatant
When an American ISIS fighter turned himself in to Syrian Democratic Forces last month, the subsequent detention of the unnamed enemy combatant by U.S. forces sparked concern. To explore the implications... -
The United Kingdom and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Summary of Joint Doctrine Publication 0-30.2
The six-year wait is finally over. On September 12, the U.K. Ministry of Defence (MoD) published its doctrine on best practices for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): Joint Doctrine Publication (JDP) 0-30.... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: The Shane Roundup
Today’s news roundup features Shane Harris of the Wall Street Journal, Brian Egan, and Alan Cohn discussing stories that Shane wrote last week. -
FBI Director Christopher Wray Defends FISA Section 702
On Friday, FBI Director Christopher Wray delivered a speech at the Heritage Foundation concerning FISA Section 702. The following is his speech as delivered: -
Decrypting the Going Dark Debate
On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave remarks about encryption at the U.S. Naval Academy. His speech as prepared for delivery can be read here. -
Treating Right-Wing Violence as Terrorism: What If Deeds Match Rhetoric?
Note: This essay draws on a longer piece on the same subject I have written for Foreign Affairs. A previous essay looks at whether right-wing violence should be labeled “terrorism.” -
Why the Collapse of Al-Nashiri’s Defense Team Matters
Last week, the chief defense counsel for the Military Commission Defense Organization, Brig. Gen. John Baker, excused the civilian members of the trial defense team in the military commission of United S... -
Don’t Worry About KRACK
KRACK–the vulnerability in the WPA2 security protocol proven this morning–is an interesting and amusing vulnerability from a technical standpoint and a great lesson in how our computer security is “danci... -
A Primer on Microsoft Ireland, the Supreme Court’s Extraterritorial Warrant Case
The Supreme Court announced this morning that it will grant the Department of Justice’s petition for a writ of certiorari in its dispute with Microsoft over access to emails stored on the company’s Irish...
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