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The Arbitrary Detention of Julian Assange?
By now, of course, readers of this blog will be familiar with the fact that a UN Working Group has concluded (by a vote of 3-1, with one abstention) that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is bein... -
National Security Highlights from the Fifth Democratic Debate
On Thursday night, the Democratic presidential candidates took to the stage in New Hampshire for their fifth debate in anticipation of Tuesday’s primary. The debate was moderated by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama’s national security aides and top military advisers are pressing him to approve military force in order to counter Islamic State militants that analysts say are forming a new safe haven i... -
Is DOJ Rethinking Material Support Laws and Domestic Terrorism?
In December, following the Planned Parenthood shooting and San Bernardino attacks, I shared some thoughts on the differences between domestic and international terrorism laws in the U.S. There, I argued ... -
Simon v. Republic of Hungary—Summary in Brief
Last week, the D.C. Circuit removed a hurdle for a pending suit against the Republic of Hungary and the Republic’s state-owned railway company. Judge Sri Srinivasan, writing for a three judge panel in Si... -
Water Wars: U.S. Navy Back for FON in the South China Sea
On Saturday, the United States Navy conducted its second freedom of navigation operation (FONOP) in recent months. This time, the destroyer USS Curtiss Wilbur transited within twelve nautical miles of Tr... -
The Search for Hope and Safety
We are told that EU officials are only now discovering that most of the “refugees” whom they had welcomed into their countries are actually not refugees at all, but are, in fact, the long heralded and dr... -
Live: The Frontiers of Cybersecurity Policy and Law Conference
Today, the Strauss Center at the University of Texas-Austin hosts a unique and timely conference focused on the legal and policy dimensions of cybersecurity, which you can watch live here: Below is t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The United Nations has suspended the Syrian peace talks and urged the nations fueling the conflict to do more to yield better results. Staffan De Mistura, the U.N. mediator, emphasized that the stalled p... -
A Response to a Modest Backdoor Proposal
Ben Wittes makes a modest proposal to backdoor encryption by removing legal protections from service providers, but the modest proposal has some major problems. First, a backdoor mandate by any other nam... -
Rational Security: The "Deck Chairs on the Titanic" Edition
Tamara talks about the administration's revamping of its efforts to staunch ISIS recruitment. Shane discusses how the NSA is making the line between cyber attacks and defense even blurrier. And I have a ... -
Judge Denies Abu Khattala Request to be Returned to Libya and Spared Death Penalty
In a 20-page opinion, D.C. District Judge Christopher R. Cooper yesterday denied a request by Ahmed Abu Khattala to return to Libya and be spared the death penalty. Khatalla, who stands accused of orches...
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