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Rational Security: The "He Said, Xi Said" Edition
Cody makes a guest appearance on the show, and he, Shane and I discuss whether the Obama administration has outplayed China on cyber spying. The Taliban is on the march in Afghanistan. What does this mea... -
Surveillance Reform Is Only Hope for Reviving Safe Harbor
In my last post, I said that the European Court of Justice decision in Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commission ignores some inconvenient truths. US frustrations with European double standards o... -
Focus on Palestinian Rights, Not Palestinian State
Editors Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Russia has fired a series of medium range cruise missiles into Syria in what appears to be a coordinated effort to launch a major offensive alongside Syrian ground troops, the New York Times writes. -
Jihadology Podcast: The Khurasan Group: Myth and Reality
Thomas Joscelyn comes on the show to talk about the so-called "Khurasan group." Some of the topics covered include: Why the group came into being and when its members arrived in Syria Who are the key... -
Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner: Some Inconvenient Truths The European Court of Justice Ignores
Today’s decision by the European Court of Justice on safe harbor – Maximillian Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner, ably summarized by Lawfare’s Alex Loomis – ignores some very inconvenient truths ab... -
Russia’s Holy War in Syria
Russia’s intervention in Syria seems to have caught U.S. officials by surprise, although the build-up for it must have been going on for months and is unlikely to have been missed by intelligence agencie... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Washington Post reports that President Obama is considering leaving a standing U.S. force of 5,000 troops in Afghanistan beyond 2016. If implemented, that decision would represent a dramatic departur... -
The Safe Harbor Framework Is Dead
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) invalidated the principal European component of the U.S.-E.U. Safe Harbor Framework today in Schrems v. Data Protection Commissioner. -
Supreme Court Oral Argument in OBB Personenverkehr v. Sachs, a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act Case
The Supreme Court heard argument yesterday in OBB Personenverkehr v. Sachs. The case was brought by Carol Sachs, a California woman seriously injured while boarding a train in Austria. She sued the railw... -
General John F. Campbell Testifies on Afghanistan
General John F. Campbell, Commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, testified before for the Senate Armed Services Committee on Military Operations in Afghanistan. You can watch the hearing here. -
On the (Legal) Irrelevance of Iran Sanctions Act Renewal
While the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”) appears to have overcome the last major congressional hurdle to implementation, the latest quixotic attempt to tie sanctions relief to Iran’s paymen...
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