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Lessons from Gaza: The Rhetoric and Reality of Independence in War Crimes Investigations
Critics of state investigations of alleged violations of the law of armed conflict (LOAC) often accuse those inquiries of being insufficiently independent from the chain of command. Medicins Sans (MSF, a... -
Two Factor Authentication and SMS -- No More
All are, by now, no doubt familiar with two factor authentication. It is the idea that when I try and log-in somewhere besides my user name and password I have to give additional authentication that ver... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.N. Syria Envoy Staffan de Mistura urged the United States and Russia to work together in reducing violence in the wartorn country, warning that any breakdown of collaboration between the two powers cou... -
7/25 Session: Secret Detention, Ticking Clocks, and Sitting Alone at the Defense Table
Pre-trial hearings continue Monday morning at Guantanamo Bay in the case of the five men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks. -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: The Podcast Goes to the Conventions
If Vladimir Putin can do it, so can we. This week the podcast dives deep into the US presidential campaign. -
A Judicial Framework for Evaluating Network Investigative Techniques
At Motherboard, Joseph Cox reports that defense attorneys representing dozens of defendants nabbed in an FBI child pornography sting have pooled their resources in a “national working group.” A Network I... -
By November, Russian Hackers Could Target Voting Machines
Editor's Note: This essay originally appeared in the Washington Post. Russia was behind the hacks into the Democratic National Committee’s computer network that led to the release of thousands of intern... -
Hot Commodities: Hacking the Grid
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On the Need for Official Attribution of Russia’s DNC Hack
Yesterday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Adam Schiff—Vice Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, respectively—ca... -
Political Campaigns and Cybersecurity Risk
Long before recent reports on the (very probable) Russian intelligence-led hack of the Democratic National Committee and public exposure of internal emails, political campaigns were already faced with cy... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
American intelligence agencies have reached a consensus of “high confidence” that Russia was in fact behind the hacking of 20,000 DNC emails, according to The New York Times. The hack could have been par... -
Rep. Schiff, Sen. Feinstein Call For Response if Russia Behind DNC Hack
Rep. Adam Schiff and Dianne Feinstein have released the following statement regarding the hack of the DNC and subsequent document leak: Urge Administration to Release Intelligence Related to Attack
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