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The Lawfare Podcast: Surveillance Reform After Snowden
Last week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted Ben, along with Laura Donohue of Georgetown law school, former NSA Director Michael Hayden, and Robin Simcox of the Henry Jackson Soci... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the departure of Wells Bennett, our long-time managing editor. -
Drone Registration Plan from US Department of Transportation
According to NBC News (October 16, 2015), the U.S. Department of Transportation is about to announce a plan to require every purchaser of a drone to register it with the U.S. government. The plan is app... -
What The Intercept Found in “The Drone Papers”—And What I Found In Them
The Intercept yesterday released its latest scoop: a cache of leaked documents on the U.S. drone program, presented as a series of blockbuster stories. -
Rational Security: The "Fond Fair Wells" Edition
Tamara is in China, probably getting hacked by People's Liberation Army, so Quinta Jurecic joins Shane and me for the podcast this week. We talk about a new leak to the Intercept on drones that Shane rea... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Turkish fighter jets have shot down a drone flying in Turkish airspace near the Syrian border, the New York Times reports. -
German Bundestag Passes New Data Retention Law
In December 2014, German Minister of Justice Heiko Maas issued a strongly worded tweet, complete with exclamation mark, stating that data retention laws violate the right to privacy and data protection, ... -
Water Wars: U.S.-China War of Words Continues but Still No Action
Littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth patrols near the Spratlys (Photo: MC2 Conor Minto/U.S. Navy) -
Manual Procedures As Protection Against Cyber Threats
A story in the 10/14/2015 Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/10/14/cybersecurity-fears-are-making-u-s-sailors-learn-to-navigate-by-the-stars-again/) indicates that th... -
Drones, Their Critics, and Obama's War Powers Legacy
Few things have been more emblematic of the military and, indeed, political aspects of the Obama War Powers legacy than drones. As many have noted, the use of this weapons system has vastly increased du... -
From Hollywood with Love: The Case of Colonel Abel
Who doesn’t love a Russian spy? Boris Badenov loved Natasha Fatale. James Bond loved KGB Maj. Anya Amasova. Joe Biden felt a certain something for Anna Chapman, the “deep-cover” Russian spy rounded up... -
A Response to the “Drone Papers”: AUMF Targeting is a Deliberate Process with Robust Political Accountability
The Intercept’s “Drone Papers” leaker “believes the public has a right to know how the U.S. government decides to assassinate people.” Maybe so—or maybe public safety and the need for secrecy trump the p...
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