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The Very Definition of Digital Age Chutzpah
Bloomberg Business is reporting that now that the FBI may have a way into the San Bernadino shooter’s iPhone, Apple wants it to disclose what it’s doing. “Apple lawyers on Monday said that if the case pr... -
Rational Security: The "I Don’t Want People to Go Around Thinking I Have a Problem" Edition
Terrorists attack Brussels in a series of bombings. The FBI tells Apple, “Just kidding! -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Adam Segal
What kind of internet world order does China want, and will it succeed? That’s the question we ask Adam Segal, Maurice R. Greenberg Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relation and author of The Hack... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The manhunt continues in Belgium, following yesterday’s attacks in Brussels that left 31 dead and 270 injured. -
Who Is Helping the FBI?
Who is helping the FBI crack the Apple iPhone? Some skeptics say "noone." Other conspircy theorists say, "the NSA." Now Reuters tells us it is an Israeli firm. Israel's Cellebrite, a provider of mob... -
To Preempt Far Right, Europe Should Review Counterterrorism Policies
The Brussels terror attacks, like the Paris attacks last year, were an assault on European values of democracy and human rights. While Brussels has a serious problem with violent extremism—it has contrib... -
HFAC Hearing on the Administration's Plan to Close Guantanamo
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is hearing testimony this morning on the Administration's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. Department of State Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
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Something is Going Wrong with International Counterterrorism Efforts: Quick Take After Brussels Attacks
Something is going wrong with international counterterrorism efforts. It is undeniable. The extensive, coordinated, devastating terrorist attacks in Paris in November and the Brussels attack today are i... -
A Possible Tool to Unlock the iPhone Means Something…or Nothing
To read the news over the last 24 hours, you’d think the FBI had given up the ghost with its announcement that maybe, just maybe, it had a way into the San Bernardino killer’s iPhone without Apple’s help... -
DOJ's Motion to Vacate Today's CDCA Hearing on Apple iPhone
Yesterday, the Department of Justice filed a motion to vacate a hearing previously scheduled for today on whether Apple can be compelled to unlock the iPhone of Syed Farook, one of the shooters in the Sa... -
Spinning the FBI Motion to Postpone the Court Confrontation with Apple
The FBI has asked Magistrate Sheri Pym to postpone a court hearing originally scheduled for Tuesday, March 22, on the her order that Apple assist the FBI in disabling the “10-wrong-tries-and-phone-is-era...
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