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Water Wars: Charm Offensives Yield Uncertain Results Throughout Southeast Asia
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Event Announcement: "Sextortion: Remote Sexual Assault"
Next Wednesday, May 11, Brookings is holding an online event to release a pair of papers on which I and a team of Lawfare folks have spent a great deal of time over the last several months. The subject i... -
Facing Privacy Tradeoffs to Restore Trust and the Rule of Law
One of the great technological advances of our time is the ability to put vast amounts of information to use for expanding scientific knowledge, making enterprises more efficient, increasing consumer con... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
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Twitter, ISIS, Civil Liability, and Immunity: An Update
A few months ago, Zoe Bedell and I wrote a series of posts -
The War Against ISIS is Unconstitutional
As I explained in a New York Times op-ed today, Captain Nathan Smith has gone to court for a declaratory judgment on the legality of President Obama’s undeclared war against the Islamic State. While I en... -
Public v. Private Collection: It All Comes Down to Power
One issue that arose during the recent Hoover panel on protecting privacy with big data related to a frequently posed question: Why do we, as a society, appear to object more strenuously to the governmen... -
Rational Security: The "Never Say Never Trump Again" Edition
Donald Trump becomes the presumptive Republican nominee for president after an overwhelming primary victory in Indiana. Iraq and Syria are in meltdown; why is this time any worse? And the Supreme Court ... -
Will Obama’s Targeted Killing Policy Say What “Areas of Active Hostilities” Means?
Recently, the Obama Administration announced that it will soon release a redacted version of its Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG) governing the use of force in counterterrorism operations outside the U... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Petty Officer First Class Charles Keating IV was identified by a family member as the Navy SEAL who was killed during an Islamic State assault in Iraq. Speaking on Keating's death, the White House reaffi... -
Foreign Official Immunity: Lawsuits Against Foreign Government Officials in U.S. Courts
I have an article in the May issue of the Washington Diplomat, the magazine for the diplomatic community, entitled "Legal Minefield: Lawsuits Force Foreign Governments to Navigate U.S. Court System" that... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Gen. Michael Hayden
Our guest for episode 114 is General Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and CIA; he also confirms that he personally wrote every word of his fine book, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence ...
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