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Trump as National Security Threat
I don’t, as a rule, endorse political candidates. I don’t do work for campaigns. I have never given a dime to a candidate—for any office. I have never signed up to be an adviser to one either. I try, rat... -
ODNI Releases Second Tranche of Abbottabad Documents
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence yesterday released a second set of documents recovered during the raid of Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The trance includes 113 n... -
The Next Apple Case...
The reason many technologists fear a negative outcome in the San Bernardino Apple case is because of the possibility the precedent would establish the ability of a court to compel a malicious update. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today, FBI Director James Comey and Apple’s General Counsel Bruce Sewell both testified before the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing covering encryption and “going dark” matters. Lawfare’s Susan... -
A Report Card on the Stimson Report Card
Last week, the Stimson Center released its “Report Card on The Recommendations of The Stimson Task Force on U.S. Drone Policy.” The report card unsurprisingly earned headlines like “Obama’s Drone Policy ... -
Questions for Apple
The House Judiciary Committee at 1:00 pm is holding a hearing at which FBI Director James Comey and Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell will both testify on going dark matters. Here's the live video: -
Time for a National Security Expert on the Supreme Court
The Obama administration is now considering whom it will nominate to the Supreme Court following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. Most of the names on the rumored “short list” have familiar resumes: ... -
The Ground Truth About Encryption
Just in time for today's hearing on Capitol Hill, and for the RSA Conference in San Francisco, The Chertoff Group has released a white paper entitled "The Ground Truth About Encryption and The Consequenc... -
Reforming Mutual Legal Assistance Needs Engagement Beyond the U.S.
Last week, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on conflicts of law and mutual legal assistance (MLA)—how to fulfill law enforcement requests for stored data in an era when transnational Internet... -
Apple v. FBI Primer #2: On Judge Orenstein's Ruling in the Queens Meth Case
What follows below is the second in a series of primers for those who are interested in the continuing fallout from Apple’s decision to resist government requests for technical assistance in overcoming p... -
Estonian Digital Residency Update IV: The President Weighs in on "Going Dark"
The FBI v. Apple flap exploded on the public scene just as I was learning my way around my new Estonian e-Residency card, which promises—among other things—secure communications between card holders. I a... -
Apple Wins a Round
Magistrate Judge James Orenstein in the Eastern District of New York has ruled that the government's request for assistance from Apple to extract data from a phone operating iOS 7—an older operating syst...
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