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Agreements on Commercial Cyber Espionage: An Emerging Norm?
When the U.S. and China reached an agreement in late September not to engage in commercially motivated cyber espionage it was viewed as a significant step forward in cybersecurity relations between the t... -
MLAT Reform Proposal: Eliminating U.S. Probable Cause and Judicial Review
Jennifer Daskal and Andrew Woods recently put forth a reform proposal for law enforcement demands for communications content across national borders. Their proposal is the product of extensive consultat... -
Rand Paul -- Nativist and Isolationist
Senator Rand Paul is at it again. Not content with his earlier benighted effort to halt the flow of refugees to America he also, apparently, wants to cripple the economy. Last night Senator Paul introd... -
e-Residency in Estonia, Part I: Wherein I Apply to Digitally Betray My Country
This week, I had the pleasure of hosting the third Hoover Book Soiree, which featured Edward Lucas of the Economist talking about his new book, Cyberphobia: Identity, Trust, Security, and the Internet. (... -
The Administration Wants an ISIL AUMF to Prop Up Troop Morale
Secretary of Defense Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dunford testified Tuesday before the House Armed Services Committee. The news was that JSOC will play a bigger role against ISIL in ... -
Unprivileged Participant in Hostilities in Afghanistan Gets Life Sentence in US Court
The saga of Irek Hamidullin has come to a close, more or less, with a life sentence (plus 30 years) in a Virginia courtroom today. You may recall the name: Hamidullin was once a Russian tank commander, ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced that the Pentagon will open all combat roles to women without exception. The New York Times writes that “the groundbreaking decision overturns a 1994 Pentagon ru... -
Rational Security: The "Slippery Slope" Edition
It's a fun week on Rational Security. Shane and I both try our hands at singing. Tamara wisely refrains. Meanwhile, President Obama is sending 200 more special operations forces to Iraq to combat ISIS. ... -
British Parliament (Unlike the U.S. Congress) Actually Votes on Use of Force in Syria
Following 10 hours of debate, the British Parliament voted late Wednesday evening to participate in the bombing campaign in Syria against the Islamic State. -
Hot Commodities: A Tale of Two Extremes
This year droughts crippled California and heat waves claimed the lives of hundreds in India and Pakistan. Major flooding caught Texas by surprise and Yemen was hit, not once but twice, by deadly cyclone... -
A Biometric Approach as a Partial Step Forward in the Encryption Debate
The contours of the present encryption debate are well known. Especially in the wake of the Paris shootings, law enforcement and national security (LE/NS) officials are worried that terrorist use of enc... -
China Claims OPM Hack was "Criminal"; Arrests Hackers It Says were Responsible
Buried in this morning's article covering the ongoing U.S.-China cybersecurity talks, Chinese state-owned media outlet Xinhua News said that an investigation had determined that the hack of the Office of...
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