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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Mali this morning, leaving at least 20 dead after a prolonged hostage situation. The attackers entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako between 7:00 and 7:30 am local tim... -
Hot Commodities: Tidal Waves and Tanker Trucks
Tidal Waves and Tanker Trucks The Islamic State’s money comes in significant part from energy. So if the world is going to take on ISIS in a serious way, it’s going to have to take on its energy resourc... -
The Faces of those "Rabid Dogs"
We want leaders who are not only smart but who care about other people. Now, at the same time, we must balance safety against just being a humanitarian. For instance, if there’s a rabid dog running aro... -
Bulk NSA Internet Program Shows the Complete Incoherence of Surveillance Law
The NSA ended its program involving bulk collection of Internet metadata inside the United States in 2011. This Internet metadata program was the genesis of the legal theory that authorizes bulk collect... -
Water Wars: Maritime Disputes Feature Prominently During Int’l Summit Circuit
By week’s end, the major players in the South and East China Sea will have participated in three separate international conferences touching on tensions in the Asian-Pacific. The meetings include the G-2... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
French President François Hollande has called for the United States, Russia, and France to form a global coalition to fight against ISIS. -
Rand Paul and Refugees
Senator Rand Paul has offered this amendment in the Senate today. It speaks for itself. -
ISIS and the DMCA -- A Thought Experiment
As Bobby has reported, one of the fascinating outgrowths of the Paris attacks is the declaration of war on ISIS that came the other day from Anonymous. Bobby mused on the intelligence value of identifyi... -
Rational Security: The "Anybody Got Any Bright Ideas?" Edition
What do the ISIS attacks in Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, and now France tell us about the group’s evolution and whether it’s changing strategy? Are they a sign of growing ambition or a sign of pressure as US ... -
The Senate Should Act Now to Confirm Brian Egan as State Department Legal Adviser
Senate Democrats have called for the rapid confirmation of several stalled Presidential nominees to important national security positions in light of the Paris attacks and the potential terrorist threat ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The suspected architect behind Friday’s attacks in Paris was reportedly killed in a raid involving over 100 security personnel and lasting more than seven hours. -
The Limits of The Panopticon
The modern world is a virtual panopticon, a surveillance state which records huge quantities of data about our every action and provides an easily retrievable metadata record of our movements, our contac...
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