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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Moscow has warned the United States that the Russian military will use its air defense systems in Syria to stop any American attacks on regime forces, the Washington Post reports. Russia has deployed its... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Ellen Nakashima
In episode 132, our threepeat guest is Ellen Nakashima, star cyber reporter for the Washington Post. -
Some Thoughts on Reuters, NY Times, and Yahoo
Benjamin Wittes flags that much of the Yahoo story is unclear, including legal arguments and the objective of the search, and further reporting from Motherboard and the Intercept further confuses the pos... -
Bridging the Internet-Cyber Gap: An Overview
In a paper released today at a Brookings panel discussion, I reflect on my experience in the Obama administration and draw lessons about policymaking on issues for that space. -
The National Security Gap and the Myth of an ISIS-Busting Trump
A week ago, Ben posed the following question about what might be termed the national security gap: How have we come to a place where at least partly in the name of national security, a huge swath of th... -
American Military Culture and Civil-Military Relations Today
PDF version A review of Rosa Brooks' How Everything Became War and the Military Became Everything: Tales From the Pentagon (Simon and Schuster 2016). *** -
Water Wars: War Games and Summits Try to Maintain Partnerships in South China Sea
After weeks of news suggesting a new strategic calculus may be emerging in the South China Sea, a number of joint military exercises reinforced the importance of traditional partnerships. However, anothe... -
Understanding Footnote 14: NSA Lawyering, Oversight, and Compliance
In 2009, the government notified the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) of a serious issue in the design and description of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) Business Records metadata prog... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
New details have emerged regarding the FBI’s arrest of an NSA contractor for reportedly stealing documents from the agency. It remains unclear whether Harold Thomas Martin III, a Booz Allen employee, lea... -
ICC Team Begins Israel and Palestine Trip
A team from the ICC prosecutor's office (OTP) has begun a trip to Israel and the West Bank. Israel recently decided to allow the visit, something that had been in doubt previously (I've written here abou... -
Holding Off on that Yahoo Email Story
I've gotten a few questions the last couple of days about why Lawfare has had nothing to say about that big story Reuters ran the other day on Yahoo, the intelligence community, and the scanning of all t... -
International Terrorism Prosecutions: New District Case
We haven’t seen a counterterrorism arrest out of the Washington, DC area in almost two months—not since a WMTA police officer was arrested in early August. But the Justice Department broke the dry spell ...
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