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Reminder: Hoover Book Soiree Today on Capitol Hill: Tim Edgar's 'Beyond Snowden'
Join us this evening for a book soiree with Hoover Institution from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., when Lawfare's Benjamin Wittes will interview Tim Edgar about his new book, "Beyond Snowden: Privacy, Mass Surveillan... -
The Real Threat from Kaspersky Security Software
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To Certify Or Not to Certify? That’s Not the Question
Editor’s Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Israeli hackers notified the National Security Agency that it found NSA hacking tools on Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky’s the network, the New York Times reported. -
Four Recent International Terrorism Prosecutions Include Benghazi Mastermind Khatallah and Chelsea Bomber
Four international terrorism trials began, continued, or wrapped up in the past few weeks. In the Eastern District of New York, a U.S. citizen and al Qaeda operative who had been deported from Pakistan t... -
Rational Security: The 'Adult Day Care' Edition
A leading GOP senator warns that President Trump risks starting “World War III.” Russia hacks the NSA using popular Russian anti-virus software. And Congress starts the bidding over a key surveillance la... -
NSPM-7: "Integration, Sharing, and Use of National Security Threat Actor Information to Protect Americans"
[Update: A knowledgeable contact confirms my sense that NSPM-7 should be viewed in continuity with long-standing efforts within the IC to develop technical architectures for sharing identity-specific inf... -
A President’s Words Matter, Part II: Impeachment Standards and the Case of the Demagogue
I argued here recently that the president might find himself accountable in an impeachment inquiry for actively deceiving the public by denying Russian interference in the 2016 election. There is clear p... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: North Korea’s Chances of Winning a 2040 Gold Medal in Basketball May Be Better than You Think
Richard Danzig, former Navy Secretary and a serious defense and technology thinker, speaks to us about the technology tsunami and what it means for the Pentagon. Among the risks: lots more accidents, s... -
Obstruction of Justice and President Trump: Comments on a New Report
This morning, the Governance Studies program at Brookings—where one of us works—released a lengthy report, entitled “Presidential Obstruction of Justice: The Case of Donald J. Trump.” Written by Barry Be... -
The National Security Law Podcast: It's a Conspiracy
In this week’s episode, Professors Chesney and Vladeck zero in on four recent developments involving law and national security. -
Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict: Wounded and Sick, Proportionality, and Armaments
[Editor's note: This piece is the latest installment in a mutli-blog series building on the Fifth Annual Transatlantic Workshop on International Law and Armed Conflict, as explained in detail here.] Tra...
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