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Reflections on Counterterrorism After a Visit to the Israeli Borders with Syria and Egypt
Having participated last month in a trip facilitated by Academic Exchange and the Yitzhak Rabin Center, I have now had time to try to put some of what we heard and observed in context. The trip was an in... -
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ISIS has claimed responsibility for a suicide assault outside of a Starbucks cafe in Jakarta, Indonesia, in what would be its first attack in the most populous Muslim country. The gunfire exchange and su... -
Twitter, ISIS, and Civil Liability
A few months ago, we wrote a lengthy piece about the possibility that Apple could face civil liability for providing end-to-end encryption to criminals and terrorists. We got a lot of heat for this piece... -
CISA in Context: Government Use and What Really Matters for Civil Liberties
Tired of CISA, yet? We’re almost done, I promise. For those who can’t get enough, a recap: -
Iran’s Photographs of Navy Sailors: A War Crime (Or “Just” An Outrage?)
There’s an interesting IHL angle to Iran’s seizure and subsequent release of ten American sailors in the Persian Gulf: As several observers have already noted, publishing photographs and videos of the sa... -
Rational Security: The "State of the Union is Pretty Chill" Edition
Obama delivers his final State of the Union address; we discuss all of the fun parts related to security and ignore the rest. Iran delivers ten sailors back into U.S. custody after briefly detaining them... -
GTMO in the SOTU
“I will keep working to shut down the prison at Guantanamo: it’s expensive, it’s unnecessary, and it only serves as a recruitment brochure for our enemies,” said President Obama in his final State of the... -
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Feckless OPM Part II
Jack's depressing experience with OPM has prompted me to share my own sad tale. Like Jack, I too got a condolence letter from the Acting Director of OPM. I noted, too, that she shared my frustration an... -
Attacks on Medical Facilities in Yemen: Should Medical Humanitarians Stay?
Imagine you are the head of an international medical humanitarian organization with extensive operations in Yemen. Your organization provides life-saving care to civilians and wounded fighters hors de co... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #96: An Interview with Senator Tom Cotton
How do you graduate as a conservative with two Harvard degrees? We learn this and much more from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), our guest for episode 96 . We dive deep with the Senator on the 215 metadata progr... -
On Cyber, Not a Peep from the President
Last night, President Obama reassured lawmakers eager to return to the presidential campaign (“some of you are antsy to get back to Iowa”) that he would make his final State of the Union “a little shorte...
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