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A Soldier of the Great War
The Great War of Our Time: The CIA's Fight Against Terrorism--From al Qa'ida to ISIS By Michael Morell Twelve/The Hachette Group (2015) Reviewed by Gabriel Schoenfeld -
Iranian Terrorism Victims Ask Court to Block Release of Iranian Assets Under Nuclear Deal
Two dozen plaintiffs filed suit yesterday in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York to enjoin the Obama administration from releasing an estimated $100 billion in frozen Iranian ass... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
With about a week or so to go until the halfway point of the congressional review period, President Obama is intensifying his campaign to rally support for the nuclear deal with Iran. In a speech at Amer... -
CA4: Accessing Cell Site Data Without a Warrant Violates Fourth Amendment
Earlier today, a three-judge panel of the Fourth Circuit handed down its quite important decision in United States v. Graham. -
President Obama Delivers Address on Iran Nuclear Deal
At 11:20 am, President Barack Obama will deliver an address at American University defending the nuclear deal reached with Iran last month. -
India and Bangladesh Exchange 50,000 People, End Diplomatic Standoff
Last Friday at the stroke of midnight, India and Bangladesh exchanged 50,000 people and more than 160 pockets of land as part of a major land boundary agreement (LBA) approved by the Indian parliament in... -
Why It's Time to Encrypt Lawfare
The good people at Just Security, a fellow online security blog, recently moved their entire website to "HTTPS". This means you'll always see "https://" in your browser when you visit, with a little lock... -
IANA Transition Proposal
Suppose you were the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA)—a unit of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Suppose further that in March 2014 you had announced your intention to of... -
ISIS, the Taliban, and the 2001 AUMF
The recent confirmation of Mullah Omar’s death has led to a great deal of discussion on a variety of regional issues: what does the Taliban’s loss of Omar mean for the future of the organization? For the... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, during a visit to Qatar from U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders formally announced their support for the nuclear accord reached with Iran by the P5+1 gr... -
iPhones, the FBI, and Going Dark.
What follows is a guest post from Nicholas Weaver, a computer security researcher at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley: Properly configured, an iOS device is perhaps the most sec... -
Checks and Balances From Abroad
I just posted a short piece to SSRN entitled, “Checks and Balances from Abroad.” The piece, written for a University of Chicago Law School symposium on national security, technology, and the separation ...
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