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Today's Headlines and Commentary
The BBC reports that up to $800 million dollars of the Islamic State’s cash have been destroyed by U.S. strikes after U.S. forces stepped up their efforts to target the group’s funding. According to Gene... -
Does the Iran Deal Require the USG to Seek Preemption of (Some) State Sanctions?
The U.S. government has sent a letter to all 50 states asking them to align state and local laws with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) that the United States and other nations negotiated wi... -
Does the U.S. Have a Legal Obligation to Defend the Scarborough Shoal for the Philippines? Not Until It Decides Who Owns It.
As the tensions over the South China Sea continue to heat up, the Wall Street Journal editorial board has recently opined that the U.S. should state publicly that the U.S. -
The Encrypted Living Will
Security developers tussle between security and usability every day, but security and not weakness has to be the starting point. -
Action at Guantanamo?
Don't look now, but something's happening in the Guantanamo litigation. -
An Approach to James Comey's Technical Challenge
In 2014, at the very beginning of the “Going Dark debate,” FBI Director James Comey gave a challenge to the technical community. Is it possible to create a “front-door” that law enforcement can use to ac... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In the fight against the Islamic State, it appears that the United States and Iran are impeding one another. In recent months, Iraqi forces—backed by American airstrikes and advised by American officers—... -
Million Dollar Vulnerabilities and an FBI for the Twenty-First Century
On February 16, US Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym, responding to an FBI request, ordered Apple to provide software to bypass the company's technical protections; this would unlock the work phone of Syed Faro... -
Could the Latest Blunder by Egypt's Sissi Be the Nail in His Coffin?
Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz. -
Bank Markazi v. Peterson: Implications for Separation of Power
Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling in Bank Markazi v. Peterson concerns a mammoth sum of cash, and it has significant foreign policy implications. The obvious implications are the immediate ones—most immed... -
Section 702: Programmatic Collection and the Wall Reprised
Congress has begun its long journey towards a likely reauthorization of the Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. -
Encryption as Living Will: Think Before You Drink the Kool-Aid
A grieving father in Italy has written to Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, to beg him to unblock his dead son’s iPhone so he can retrieve the photographs stored on it.
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