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Brennan's Recent Testimony on Encryption
In a recent post, Bruce Schneier says that “CIA Director John Brennan Pretends Foreign Cryptography Doesn't Exist”, and suggests that Brennan is either lying or ignorant. Bruce cites, in full, the relev... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In response to yesterday’s suicide bombing on Jordan’s border with Syria, Amman has declared its borders with Syria and Iraq to be closed military zones. The attack consisted of a truck “full of explosiv... -
California Terrorism Update
Yesterday in the Central District of California, Muhanad Badawi and Nader Elhuzayel—two men from Anaheim—were convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. A... -
A Face-Palmingly Bad Argument on Guantanamo
The New York Times's latest editorial on Guantanamo is so packed full of confused thinking and weird non-sequiturs that I want to go through its claims and logic (such as it is) line by line. Published ... -
An ISIS AUMF after Orlando? Don’t Count on It
The country’s reaction to the heartbreaking massacre in Orlando has been dispiritingly predictable. When guns—and seemingly no other weapon—are involved in a national tragedy, initial talk of unity rapid... -
The Obama Administration’s Views on the Legality of Intervention in Syria Without Congressional or U.N. Security Council Support
As the Obama administration approaches its end, it is interesting to watch former Obama administration officials debate and disagree about its legal legacy. The most recent episode came in response to th... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In June, 2014, the Islamic State stunned the world when the terrorist organization seized the city of Mosul from Iraqi soldiers who dropped their weapons and fled. Just two years later, the would-be cali... -
The History of Do-It-Yourself Weapons and Explosives Manuals in America
Ann Larabee's 2015 book, The Wrong Hands: Popular Weapons Manuals and Their Historic Challenges to a Democratic Society (Oxford UP 2015), is a history of what Larabee terms "popular weapons manuals." -
The Obama Legal Team and the Lawfulness of Attacking Assad
Editor's Note: This piece also appears on the Power Wars blog and Just Security. -
John Carlin on "Detect, Disrupt, Deter: A Whole-of-Government Approach to National Security Cyber Threats"
Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, who runs the Justice Department's National Security Division, has a new paper out in the Harvard National Security Journal entitled "Detect, Disrupt, Deter: A Whol... -
Another Material Support Suit Against Social Media Companies
Last week saw another lawsuit filed against social media companies for alleged materially supporting terrorists by providing service to ISIS. -
RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community: Analysis and Collected Commentary
The Supreme Court handed down its ruling this week in RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community, holding that the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) applies extraterritorially in cer...
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