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The Lawfare Podcast: Edward Lucas on ‘Cyberphobias’
We welcome Edward Lucas, a senior editor at the Economist and author of the new book, Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security and the Internet, to the show this week. -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Reflecting on President Obama's Sunday night address from the Oval Office, Bobby highlighted the President’s most interesting remarks on terrorism and the U.S. strategy against the Islamic State. -
12/9 Session: Morning Session: Can't We Deconflict?
Well, that was a bust! Wednesday morning’s 9/11 military commission session never gets past the opening formalities of verifying that the defendants are all present or, if not, voluntarily waiving their... -
12/8 Session: Afternoon Session: Is that Culturally Inappropriate?
The commission reconvenes at 1:22 pm, and Michael Schwartz—representing Walid bin Attash—takes up the questioning of the Lieutenant Colonel. It’s afternoon now, and the 9/11 trial is still focused on the... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a new exposé about the Islamic State’s oil trade, the Daily Beast’s Matthew Reed writes that while the “majority of ISIS oil is purchased by locals inside ISIS territory," the Syrian regime itself “ha... -
What Does the ICC Think of America's Torture Investigations?
As the final year of the Obama administration approaches, the advocacy organization Human Rights Watch is stepping up its campaign for the U.S. government to provide accountability for past detention and... -
12/8 Session: Morning Session: On Female Guards and Female Attorneys
It’s Tuesday morning at Guantanamo at precisely 9:07, and Military Judge James Pohl calls the session to order. He is, as always, resplendent in his black robes, judicial authority emanating from his ver... -
More Draft AUMFs!
I wrote yesterday about Representative Schiff’s draft AUMF. Republican representatives Welch and Rigell, Democratic Senator Kaine, and Republican Senator Flake also proposed a new ISIL AUMF yesterday. -
Be Careful What You Wish For: The Risks of Taiwan Shifting Its South China Sea Policy Against China
Of all the countries on Earth, only Taiwan agrees with and supports all of China’s legal claims in the South China Sea. And Taiwan isn’t even considered to be a country by China, the U.S., and most othe... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In what would appear to be the apex of recent tensions between Russia and Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu accused Russia of pursuing “ethnic cleansing” against the Turkmen and local Sunni ... -
Cybersecurity at the UN: Another Year, Another GGE
This week, the UN General Assembly considered a resolution mandating the creation of a Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) for 2016-2017. The GGE will study existing and potential threats in the sphere o... -
Secure By Default is Security for Us
Technologists don't oppose cryptographic backdoors based on some vague allegiance to civil liberties. We oppose them because we've been burned before. Backdoors fail, often quite badly. And the community...
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