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Editor's Note: The West's relationship with its Saudi ally is one of the world's most troubling alliances. Saudi Arabia's conservative culture rejects many Western ideals, and many observers see the King...
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Last week, the National Security Division of the Justice Department celebrated its 10th anniversary by holding a major conference at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Judge Laurence Sil...
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Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes argued that President Obama should not pardon Edward Snowden but should consider commuting Chelsea Manning’s sentence.
Wittes also responded to critics of the Washing...
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Efforts to revitalize U.S.-Russian cooperation have stalled after the collapse of the Syrian ceasefire, reports the Washington Post. American officials have confirmed that, despite previous hopes, there ...
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The largest DOS attack in history, ongoing right now, has serious technical, legal, and policy implications.
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[I am happy to report that Lawfare once again is partnering with InterCross and EJILTalk! to present posts stemming from a summer roundtable at Oxford concerning international law and armed conflict.
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Today, President Obama is likely to veto the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), a bill that would amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to strip the immunity of Saudi Arabia from sui...
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New revelations about the NSA's knowledge of the Shadow Brokers compromise raise hard questions, once again, about the agency's commitment to its defensive mission.
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Satellite Imagery of Construction on Taiping Island Raises Eyebrows
Satellite image of construction on Taiping Island (Photo: Google Maps)
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Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), the ranking Democratic members of the Senate and House Intelligence Committees, have released the following statement on Russian att...
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The U.S.-Russian ceasefire agreement in Syria has collapsed, reports the Financial Times. Diplomats may still nominally seek to salvage the political agreement, but fighting has erupted again in Aleppo. ...
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I'm off in Las Vegas this week, but it turns out that Rational Security does need me. The gang discusses how the bombings in New York and New Jersey have fixed us again on the threat of lone wolf terrori...
