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What the Brussels Attacks Tell Us About the State of ISIS and Europe Today
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Some security officials are indicating that the Islamic State has trained at least 400 fighters to attack Europe in “deadly waves of attacks.” The Associated Press tells us that the terrorist group, resp... -
NSA Isn’t the Going Dark Solution, Part I: Richard Clarke Gets It Wrong
Let’s start with a point that will be significant emotional satisfaction to many readers: Richard Clarke was dead wrong. In a remarkable statement last week, the former Clinton and early Bush adminis... -
The Israeli Supreme Court Debates Counterterrorism Home Demolitions
An interesting debate has developed recently among the justices of the Israeli Supreme Court over the legality of Israel’s use of home demolitions as a counterterrorism measure. This longstanding practic... -
Hot Commodities: Dropping Bombs, in Oil Market Terms
The Saudi decision to flood the oil market—otherwise known as the oil price rollercoaster we are currently riding—is what Andrew Scott Cooper calls the “oil trade’s equivalent of dropping a bomb on a riv... -
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...
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