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An American woman is dead and five others are injured after a Norwegian man of Somali origin attacked them with a knife in London. Police described the incident as a “spontaneous attack” and said the 19 ... -
More ISIL Cases: A Cop Gets Arrested and an Ohio Man Pleads Guilty
On Wednesday in Fairfax, Virginia, the FBI arrested Nicholas Young, a 36-year-old police officer with the Washington Metropolitan Transportation Authority, on charges of attempting to provide material su... -
Homicides in Mexico: What Goes Up Does Not Necessarily Come Down
A few years ago, it seemed that Mexico’s security challenges were everywhere. They were featured on CNN, in Time Magazine, and in the agendas of most bilateral meetings. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times’ Rukmini Callimachi examines “Emni,” a wing of the Islamic State that focuses on external operations and internal policing, and which appears to be the main actor behind the group’s ex... -
A Very Long, Very Uninteresting Guantanamo Story
I had been looking forward to this very long story in the New Yorker, in part because the title is interesting. "Why Obama Has Failed to Close Guantanamo: Congress is blamed for preventing the President ... -
Rational Security: The "Who Hacked My Ballot Box?" Edition
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7/27 Session: Disastrophy
Pretrial hearings continued last Wednesday morning at Guantanamo Bay in the 9/11 case. -
Another Day, Another Cyber-Attack on Lawfare
If you've noticed any slowness in Lawfare's performance this morning, the reason is another denial of service attacks. -
A Syrian in Auschwitz
In October 2015, I became a citizen of the United States, after a decade of refuge here from my native Syria. In June 2016, I took my first trip to Europe since coming to this country. With my own native... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The U.S. expanded its war against the Islamic State into Libya yesterday, using both manned warplanes and drones to conduct airstrikes in the coastal city of Surt. The strikes, which seek to weaken the I... -
7/26 Session: Rampant Unlawful Influence, with a Brief Detour to the Confrontation Clause
Judge Pohl calls the session to order. Optimism for a productive day is in the air. We’ll get through at least four motions today, and are on track to finish up the open sessions and get into this week’s... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a fractured exchange with George Stephanopoulos, Republican nominee for president Donald Trump made a number of remarks that strongly implied he did not realize Russia had already annexed Crimea and c...
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