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This is Cyber "War" Today -- Information Operations
The New York Times has a report today that is a comprehensive look at Russian disinformation campaigns. It begins: -
Mexico’s Resurging Violence
The Mexican government’s July murder numbers are out, and they are—in short—pretty grim. During July, more than 2,000 Mexicans were killed, which for context is 25 percent higher than last year and the m... -
Seven Reasons Why Lebanon Survives - And Three Reasons Why It Might Not
Editor's Note: What happened in Syria has not stayed in Syria. In 2014, Islamic State forces swept back into Iraq, and terrorism, sectarian tension, and fear have spread throughout much of the Middle Ea... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Dave Aitel and Matt Tait on How "Everything You Know About the Vulnerability Equities Process Is Wrong”
Dave Aitel and Matt Tait come on the podcast to chat with Benjamin Wittes about their recent Lawfare essay critiquing the current status of the Vulnerability Equities Process. Matt and Dave argue that th... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Susan Hennessey organized a list of more than 230 women, who are experts in the fields of national security law and tech policy. Charlie Dunlap argued that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump may actually ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, are meeting in Geneva to hammer out final details of a cooperation agreement to partner against the Islamic State. Diplomats... -
The Cost of Using Zero-Days
I'm quite proud of my officemate, Bill Marczak, who with along with John Scott-Railton discovered an iOS zero-day apparently used by the United Arab Emirates to attack human-rights activist Ahmed Mansoor... -
Relative vs. Absolute Approaches to the Content/Metadata Line
One of the foundational questions in surveillance law is how to distinguish between the contents of communications and non-content metadata. Identifying the line between the two is critical. Earlier this... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Turkey has sent more tanks across the Syrian border, in what Reuters writes is not only a sign of Turkish determination to defeat the Islamic State but a signal that Ankara aims thwart any Kurdish effort... -
Honoring the Legacy of Mitsuye Endo
I published an op-ed today marking the seventieth anniversary of the closing of the last of the World War II “Relocation Centers” established by the federal government to intern Japanese Americans during... -
Rational Security: The "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Hacks You" Edition
The New York Times and maybe the NSA get hacked; you're just not cool anymore unless you're being hacked by Fancy Bear. Is the U.S. turning the tide of the war on ISIS? And October surprises—what could h... -
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