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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Islamic State militants reportedly used mustard gas against Syrian military forces. Reuters reports that the Islamic State “attacked Syrian army troops with mustard gas in an offensive against a Syrian m... -
Killer Finnish Chainsaw Drone and the High-Tech Weapon that Takes it Down
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Coming Out, Tentatively: Syrian Alawites
A recent headline proclaimed “Syria's Alawites distance themselves from Assad.” The story refers to a document, reportedly authored by a number of Alawite clergymen, that seeks to both clarify and redefi... -
Two More Detainees Depart GTMO
The New York Times' Charlie Savage reports that the United States military transferred two Libyan detainees to Senegal on Monday. The two men, Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr and Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby... -
Adm. Michael Rogers Testifies Before SASC
NSA Director Adm. Michael Rogers testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee this morning on the state of United States Cyber Command. His statement for the record is available here. You can... -
The Largest PII Hack Ever -- Or So It Seems
Information warfare continues to morph before our eyes into tactics and problems that we cannot really conceive. You may have thought that the OPM hack was a problem -- the personal information of every... -
The EU-Turkey Deal: Expediency Trumps the EU’s Higher Calling
The deal between the EU and Turkey to manage the flow of refugees from Syria, made public at the end of the European Council meeting on March 18, has big potential benefits for both the EU and Turkey. Bu... -
The McCaul-Warner Digital Commission Can Be a Value-Add. Here’s How.
On February 29, 2016, Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul and Senator Mark Warner, a bipartisan team, introduced legislation to create a National Commission on Security and Technology Cha... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Two senior intelligence analysts at U.S. Central Command are claiming that the military forced them out of their jobs for telling the truth about President Obama’s war on the Islamic State. -
The ‘Palestinian Idol’ that Hacked Into Israel’s Drones
Nothing is completely secure -- not even the secure communications link between the Israeli Defense Force and its drones. As Small Wars Journal reports: -
Al Razak v. Obama: Who Decides When the War is Over?
Last week, in Al Razak v. Obama, a D.C. district court (addressing the habeas petition of Guantanamo detainee Haji Hamdullah) weighed in on one of the big questions in law-of-war detention at Guantanamo ... -
This Week's 9/11 Military Commissions Hearings Cancelled
Army Col. James Pohl, the military judge presiding over the 9/11 military commissions trial at Guantanamo Bay, abruptly canceled this week's hearings on Friday, April 1st. (Insert obligatory no April Foo...
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