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Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: A WannaCry Festivus Celebration
Episode 165 is a WannaCry Festivus celebration, as The Airing of Grievances overtakes The Patching of Old Machines. Michael Vatis joins me in identifying all the entities who’ve been blamed for WannaCry,... -
How Long Can the Deadlock in Kuwait’s Parliament Last?
Kuwait’s government is facing major parliamentary challenges in response to efforts to impose economic austerity. This conflict has been playing out since December 2016 when the new parliament, in which ... -
Takeaways from Former CIA Director Brennan's Testimony Today
Former CIA Director John Brennan testified before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence today on Russian interference in the 2016 election, sketching a fuller picture of the origins of the... -
What the Manchester Attack Shows Us About How the Terrorism Danger Has Evolved
The latest atrocity claimed by the Islamic State—the killing of at least 22 people, many of them children, at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester—illustrates how the terrorism threat has evolved. The ... -
Last Week at the Military Commissions
The Military Commissions were busy last week in the case against Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ammar al-Baluchi, and Mustafa Ahmad al Hawsawi. In summarizing what happened... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A suicide bombing at a pop concert in the British city of Manchester killed 22 people and wounded 59 other victims late last night. The bomber has been identified as Salman Abedi, a 22-year-old British s... -
Facebook Immune from Liability Based on Third-Party Content
In an interesting examination of the role of social media platforms and terrorism, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York dismissed two related complaints against Facebook on Thursd... -
Trump’s Big Middle East Trip, U.S. Targets Assad Forces in Syria, and Iran Goes to the Polls
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Could Trump Remove Special Counsel Robert Mueller? Lessons from Watergate
Last week, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Robert S. Mueller “to serve as a Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice.” The order specified that “Section 600.4 through ... -
Trump’s First Foreign Trip and the Fate of the Paris Agreement: Reading the Tea Leaves from the G7 and NATO Summits
President Trump’s campaign promise to “cancel” the Paris Agreement, and his subsequent statement that he has an “open mind” on the question, will now be transported to the multilateral stage in a setting... -
Why Cross-Border Government Requests for Data Will Keep Becoming More Important
This post is part of a series written by participants of a conference at Georgia Tech in Surveillance, Privacy, and Data A -
Livestream: John Brennan Testifies Before the House Intelligence Committee
Former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan will testify today before the House Intelligence Committee as part of its Russia investigation. Recall that Brennan was reportedly so concerned ab...
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