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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... -
Avoiding the Dangers Ahead in Review of Foreign Interference in U.S. Presidential Elections
Last Wednesday, after increasing public and political pressure to declassify more information about Russian interference in the 2016 election, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announce... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In what German authorities have labeled a likely terrorist attack, a truck plowed through a Berlin Christmas market on Monday, killing 12 people and injuring 52 others. Police have now released the forme... -
The Obama Administration, International Law, and Executive Minimalism
One important question these days is the extent to which President Obama’s approaches to the jus ad bellum and jus in bello will survive the incoming Trump Administration. This question persists in part... -
Al-Nashiri Moves to Preserve SSCI Report in Habeas Case
Speaking of Guantanamo habeas litigation, which one of us was yesterday, there's been an interesting development in the Al-Nashiri habeas case. This particular habeas case out of Guantanamo has been a sl... -
Middle East Ticker: Turkish Assassin Kills Russian Ambassador, Trump Taps Pro-Settlement Ambassador, Libyan Smuggling Ring Arrested, Kuwait Jails Political Activists
Russian Ambassador Assassinated in Turkey as Russia Concludes Aleppo Operations -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: Vlad's Botox
Fresh off a redeye from Israel, I interview Matthew Green of the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute. Security news from the internet of things grows ever grimmer, we agree, but I get off the bu... -
On the Power of Cyberattacks to Harness and Amplify Destructive Forces
A recent story aired by BBC “How France's TV5 was almost destroyed by 'Russian hackers'” reported that on April 8, 2016, the premiere date of a new broadcast channel of TV5Monde, a French network, was di... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A gunman has shot and killed Russian ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov at an Ankara art gallery. -
The U.S. Response to Russian Pre-Election Meddling: An Overview
“Whatever the source of the material was,” Donald Trump’s deputy campaign manager David Bossie began, “if it was on the front page of the paper—it’s in the public domain. We would look at it.” Pas...
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