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Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: The Second Annual Triple Entente Beer Summit
The Second Annual Triple Entente Beer Summit again filled the Washington Firehouse loft with an audience at least as knowledgeable as the panel, which consisted of Ben Wittes, Shane Harris, Stewart Baker... -
The Security Debate We Need to Have
The escalating war of words between Apple and the FBI is widely seen as a “security vs. privacy” dilemma. But it’s much more than that. This is also fundamentally a security vs. security dilemma. Lost in... -
French Constitutional Council Strikes Down Data Copying During Warrantless Searches
On Friday, February 19, the Constitutional Council upheld two articles of the state-of-emergency law—meeting bans and warrantless searches—as constitutional, but struck down a provision allowing the poli... -
Apple’s Letters to the Public are Slightly Disingenuous but Opposing the FBI Request is the Right Outcome For Now
From my perspective, the original Apple letter to its customers (“original letter”) and its answers to (frequently asked) questions (“answers document”) are slightly disingenuous in two ways. The origin... -
Obama Administration Plan to Close Guantanamo
This morning, the Department of Defense formally submitted the Obama administration's plan for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to Congress. The plan is available here. -
President Obama's Statement on Closing Guantanamo
This morning, President Barack Obama delivered a statement on his plan to close Guantanamo Bay. You can watch the statement below (begins at 34:08). -
Jawad v. Gates: Former Guantanamo Detainee Seeks Redress Under the Alien Tort Statute
Mohammed Jawad was arrested in Kabul in December 2002 by Afghan security forces responding to the scene of a grenade attack on US military personnel. See Jawad v. Gates, No. 14-00811 (D.D.C. July 8, 2015... -
Getting Serious About Syria: What to do When Containment Doesn't Work
Editor's Note: This piece was originally published on Markaz. -
2/18 Session: Trying to Finish Classification Review “Within the Lives of Living Men” and Zero Dark Thirty Discovery
The commission is called to order with four defendants present (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, and Mustafa al Hawsawi) and one conspicuously absent (Walid bin Attash.) Judg... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
FBI Director James Comey published an open letter on Lawfare last night about the FBI’s ongoing San Bernardino litigation against Apple. If you’ve been on the Internet in the last week, you’ll likely kno... -
Ahmed Naji: Egypt Prosecutes Artistic Freedom
When Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji was acquitted of “harming public morality” in January 2016, civil society and the artistic community rejoiced at the judiciary’s decision reinforcing the country’s const... -
Apple in China, Part I: What Does Beijing Actually Ask of Technology Companies?
Apple’s challenge to a court order requiring the company assists the US government in unlocking the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters has led to a discussion about what exactly Apple provides ...
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