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Happy Data Privacy Day: On the Essential Link between Data Processing and Security
Today is Data Privacy Day, an annual event in which I am — rather proudly — personally invested. Data Privacy Day began with a conversation at my dinner table eight years ago, when Leonardo Cervera Navas... -
What Now for the Golan Heights?
During highly-secret negotiations in 2010, Israel offered Syria a land-for-peace proposal. Under the terms, Israel agreed to return the Golan Heights in exchange for specific security guarantees, includi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In preparation for the upcoming peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups, set to begin Friday, the United Nations’ special envoy to Syria issued formal invitations for the discussi... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #98: An Interview with Melanie Teplinsky
If there really is another crypto war in Washington, then this week’s podcast features several war correspondents and at least one victim of PTSD. -
The Future of Violence is Now: "Hostile Use of Drones"
This is interesting for folks interested in The Future of Violence—a new report on "Hostile Drones: The Hostile Use of Drones By Non-State Actors Against British Targets." Published by something called t... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on a government-run security checkpoint in the central Syrian city of Homs today. The multiple bombs used in the attack killed at least 20 people an... -
Dispatch #2: Who is Running and From What?
BEKAA VALLEY, Lebanon — As I described in the first dispatch “Syria Displaced,” a year ago the Lebanese government all but closed its borders with Syria by changing the requirements so that fleeing viole... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Twenty-five people were killed in a suicide bombing that shook Cameroon’s Far North region on Monday. The attack, which has been named the most deadly in a series of assaults connected to Boko Haram, occ... -
Does Nashiri’s Habeas Petition Sound in Habeas?
Nashiri’s Reply Brief, released on Friday, responds to the government’s contention that Nashiri’s petition does not sound in habeas at all, and is therefore barred by 28 U.S.C. § 2241(e)(2). -
The Week That Will Be
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And for the Middle East, a Cold War of its Own
In the wake of Saudi cleric Nimr al-Nimr's execution, Afshon Ostovar examines the growing sectarian rift in the Middle East and options for mitigating the outbreak of conflict. -
Contractors in the “Kill Chain”? At the Nexus of LOAC and Procurement Law
Recently, the Los Angeles Times reported that the U.S. Air Force had awarded civilian service contracts to include the operation of MQ-9 Reaper drones.
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