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When Does the War on Terror End?
Last week, Bob Loeb and Helen Klein examined the D.C. district court’s recent opinion in Al Razak v. Obama, which considered whether the war authorized by the AUMF has ended. I won’t recapitulate their e... -
Can Being Smarter About Islam Help Muslims Reject Terrorist Appeals? Maybe
Editor's Note: There is a popular misconception that the serious study of Islam is a step on the road toward radicalization and terrorism. Christine Fair, Jacob Goldstein, and Ali Hamza (all of whom I'm... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Daniel Weitzner and Benjamin Wittes on Going Dark and the Fallout from Apple v. FBI
Apple and the FBI may have settled the litigation over the San Bernadino iPhone, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over. With Congress on the verge of considering new legislation to compel technology co... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Douglas Cantwell considered State Department Legal Advisor Brian Egan’s remarks at ASIL as they relate to the “Unwilling or Unable” test. -
Mr. Obama goes to Riyadh: Why the United States and Saudi Arabia still need each other
Editor's Note: This post originally appeared on Markaz. The relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States has been deteriorating since 2000 due to serious and fundamental differences on Israe... -
An EU PNR System -- Oh, the Irony ...
For more than a decade the US and the European Union have been arguing about a Passanger Name Record system. PNR is the data and information collected by airlines when they sell you a ticket. It includ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Syria’s cessation of hostilities appears to be on the verge of collapse as government forces launched an attack on rebel positions north of Aleppo. The Washington Post writes that “a surge in fighting ac... -
A Quick Answer to a Quick Question: MDM
Bobby Chesney, Susan Hennessey, and Benjamin Wittes just posed a "Quick question" to Apple's HR, that is, does Apple have a backdoor into their employee's work devices? In phrasing this question, it is ... -
Water Wars: Countries Continue to Circle the Wagons throughout Southeast Asia
Of Fighter Jets and Land Reclamation Chinese Fighter Jet (Photo: The Maritime Executive) -
Quick Question for Apple HR
In the “going dark” discussion, it is a kind of orthodoxy that back doors are inherently insecure. Build in a means of someone other than the user accessing his data and you create unacceptable risk that... -
Transatlantic Setback or Invitation to Dialogue?: EU Data Regulators’ Verdict on Privacy Shield
EU data protection authorities, the Article 29 Working Party (WP), have issued a comprehensive analysis of the proposed EU-US data transfer agreement. Privacy Shield, as it’s known, would replace the Saf... -
As ISIL Evolves, U.S. Tactics Must Adapt
In September 2014 the Obama Administration announced its Counter-ISIL strategy, aimed to “degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL… so that it’s no longer a threat to Iraq, the region, the United States, and ...
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