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Today's Headlines and Commentary
“A human catastrophe is unfolding in Fallujah,” says Jan Egeland, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council. An estimated 50,000 civilians still remain trapped in the Iraqi city as the battle to reclaim ... -
Sahand Moarefy: Partially Unwinding Sanctions: The Problematic Construct of Sanctions Relief in the JCPOA (Lawfare Research Paper Series)
Lawfare is pleased to announced the publication of a new working paper in the Lawfare Research Paper Series: Partially Unwinding Sanctions: The Problematic Construct of Sanctions Relief in the JCPOA by S... -
Ten Years of Observation on EU Data Protection
I have a close friend who used to work in government and is now out in the private world. S/he (I will use "he" henceforth, but without a gender indication to be inferred from its use) has ten years of ... -
Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins Remarks at Guantanamo Bay
Military Commissions Chief Prosecutor Mark Martins issued the following statement over the weekend: CHIEF PROSECUTOR MARK MARTINS REMARKS AT GUANTANAMO BAY 28 MAY 2016 -
150 Years of Hate: The Resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan
Editor's Note: Although the presidential candidates, our media, and most importantly, Lawfare, tend to focus on the danger from Al Qaeda and the Islamic State, right-wing groups have been a more lethal t... -
The Lawfare Podcast: The Role of Transparency in Intelligence Programs
This week, the American Bar Association hosted a panel discussion on “Achieving More Transparency about Secret Intelligence Programs,” which featured comments from Lawfare's Carrie Cordero, -
Apparently The Word "Foolish" Is Spelled "SWIFT"
It is difficult to shock people these days. Especially in the cybersecurity realm we have seen so many different foolish ways of being vulnerable that one becomes inured to it. As Kevin Mittnick is rep... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was killed in a U.S. air strike over the weekend, throwing the Taliban into the second leadership shake-up in less than a year. Robert Chesney questio... -
A Response to Jack’s Critique of JASTA
I’d like to add a counterpoint to Jack’s recent assessment that Congress, by passing JASTA, would be shirking its duty by not more directly resolving the claims that the victims of the 9/11 attacks press... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Barack Obama used his historic Hiroshima visit today to reiterate his call for a nuclear free world. Obama is the first American president to visit the city where the U.S. dropped the first ato... -
ACLU Seeks to Join Microsoft in ECPA Challenge
Yesterday, the ACLU filed a motion to join Microsoft’s ongoing challenge to the constitutionality of § 2705(b) of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), which permits the government to obtain ... -
Enhancing National Cybersecurity Requires Surrendering the Crypto War
On Monday, Paul Rosenzweig suggested a number of areas in which the recently formed Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity should focus in charting the US government’s path forward. While I agree...
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