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Transcript of the President's Remarks on the Administration's Approach to Counterterrorism
Yesterday afternoon, President Barack Obama gave a final planned national security address at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, one day after the White House released a comprehensive report on ... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Scott Charney
We ask Rihanna to sum up the latest U.S.-EU agreement: And that’s when you need me there With you I’ll always share … You can stand under my umbrella -
Why Ghosts in the Machine Should Remain Ghosts
Walter Haydock recently posted a proposal that the FBI build and deploy its own troll army, social media bots that he refers to as Artificial Intelligence Targeting Personas (AITPs). These would automati... -
Reminder: Hoover Book Soiree: Christopher Moran on "Company Confessions: Secrets, Memoirs, and the CIA"
The next in our series of book soirees at the Hoover Institution will take place from 5-7pm on Wednesday, December 7th, when Jack will interview Christopher Moran on his book Company Confessions: Secrets... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Iraqi forces pushed deeper into southeastern Mosul today in an effort to gain ground after weeks of slow fighting, the AP reports. The Ninth Armored Division launched a new assault to take the hospital i... -
Regarding the Report of the Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity…
As many Lawfare readers know, I was honored to be one of 12 members of President Obama’s Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. We turned in our final report to the White House on Thursday, Dec... -
Evolving Standards of Dual Citizenship
PDF version A review of Peter Spiro's At Home in Two Countries (NYU Press, 2016). *** -
Back to Threat-Level Orange and the Need to Update the National Terrorism Advisory System
When President Obama took office in 2009, one of his first tasks was directing the review and reform of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS). President Bush implemented the color-coded alert leve... -
Middle East Ticker: Assad Regime Corners Rebels in Aleppo, U.S. Reauthorizes Iran Sanctions, and Islamic State Prepares Its Fallback Plan
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A Summary of the White House Report on Legal Frameworks Governing Use of Military Force
As Ben noted, earlier today the White House released a report on the legal and policy frameworks guiding the use of military force and related nation security operations. The document, as Ben puts it “th... -
Did the Arab World Miss Its Chance to Democratize?
The Arab uprising in 2011 prompted months of excitement about the potential for governance reform and even democratization in the Arab world. But as the protests gave way to massacres, civil war, and ren...
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