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Should Women Register for Selective Service? The Legacy of Rostker v. Goldberg
On December 1st, National Security Council spokesman Ned Price expressed President Obama’s support for requiring women to register for Selective Service when they turn 18, as their male counterparts must... -
Water Wars: China Confronts US as Manila Cozies with China
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The Surprisingly Weak Reasoning of Mohamud
In a recent post here at Lawfare, April Doss argues that the Ninth Circuit’s decision in United States v. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
New evidence provides strong evidence that one of the two groups responsible for the DNC hack is linked to Russia’s military intelligence agency, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to the cyberse... -
Rational Security: The “Dude, Where’s My Drone?” Edition
A leaked memo lays out Trump’s priorities for the Pentagon. The Chinese return an underwater U.S. Navy drone. And what does this week’s spate of terrorist attacks portend for 2017? You can subscribe to... -
Implications of the EU's Data Retention Ruling
Yesterday, the EU’s highest court issued a major judgment that effectively invalidates a significant portion of the UK’s recently-passed Investigatory Powers Act (aka the “Snooper’s Charter”). The Europ... -
Surveillance Policy in a Trump Administration
Last week, co-authors Michèle Flournoy, Richard Fontaine, and I released a Center for a New American Security report on the future of surveillance policy. The full report is available here; video of the... -
HPSCI Releases Full Snowden Report
The House Intelligence Committee has made public its full 36-page report on Edward Snowden, which was previously classified. The Committee approved the report in September and previously released an unc... -
CDM: A Government Program Worth Emulating and Fully Funding
The federal government isn’t often held up as a model for IT innovation and efficiency, but there are areas where they should be. An example of a policy directive that has paid dividends is the Continuou... -
Near-Death of the PCLOB
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) is a 5-member board tasked with overseeing some aspects of privacy and civil liberties compliance by the Intelligence Community. The former Chairm... -
The Year that Was in the Middle East…
Russia Embraced Responsibility for Syria’s Civil War Russia has been supporting the Assad regime since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, but the nature of that support changed this year. The depth ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
German police have identified a suspect in Monday’s terror attack in which a truck rammed into a Berlin Christmas market and are conducting a nationwide manhunt for the young Tunisian immigrant, named An...
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