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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare In One Post
Let's start with encryption. Matt Tait provided an approach to FBI Director James Comey’s technical challenge in the “going dark” debate. Benjamin Wittes compared encryption to a living will and said t... -
Potential Implications of CENTCOM’s MSF Investigation on the ICC’s Preliminary Examination of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan
This morning, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) released its formal report of investigation into the airstrike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) trauma center in Kunduz, Afghanistan. Of note in the report... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford faced some skepticism on Capitol Hill as they attempted to make the case that President Obama’s strateg... -
Security and the Phone System Redux
Back in the Fall of 2014, a little noticed contactual battle surfaced some significant security concerns with the management of the American telephone system. It involved the local-number-portability ad... -
In Defense of FAA Section 702: An Examination of its Justification, Operational Employment, and Legal Underpinnings
The tension between a Nation-state’s need to detect and interdict threats to life, safety and property inevitably conflict with the privacy interests of its individual citizens and private sector entitie... -
Water Wars: Looming Arbitration Decision Tests Regional Partnerships
Internal Divisions Land ASEAN in Troubled Waters Flag of ASEAN member states in Brunei's Prime Minister Office Building (Photo: The Straits Times) Ch -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
At least 38 civilians were killed and dozens more were injured in a eruption of violence throughout Aleppo. -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: ICCE Panel on Encryption and National Security
No holds are barred as a freewheeling panel of cryptographers and security pros duke it out with me and the Justice Department over going dark, exceptional access, and the Apple-FBI conflict. -
Bob Litt on "The Fourth Amendment in the Information Age"
Office of the Director of National Intelligence General Counsel Robert Litt has published a new essay in The Yale Law Journal that will likely be of interest to Lawfare readers. Entitled "The Fourth Amen... -
Child Marriage—and Divorce—in Zaatari
ZAATARI REFUGEE CAMP, Jordan—Child marriage among Syrian girls in the Zaatari refugee camp is on the rise. The practice of child marriage is not new among Syrians refugees in Jordan; in fact, it has rece... -
The Apple Vulnerability Disclosure Question -- Looks Like I Will Win
A few weeks ago, as anyone who is not living under a rock will remember, the FBI withdrew its effort to force Apple to unlock an iPhone because, as it told the court, it gained access to the phone throug... -
A Comprehensive Look at the FISC Order Legal Analysis
Recently, the government unsealed a November ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC).
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