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Kyiv Dispatch: The View from Ukraine
For the next two months, I’ll be sending dispatches from Kyiv on what’s happening within this country that has become a flash-point in Russia’s relationship with the West. I will report back on my conver... -
Audio message from The Islamic State's Hafiz Sa'id Khan: "Message To Our People In Khurasan (Afghanistan)"
Click here for the original content. -- "We implemented Shariah in our areas after it was absent. When Mulla Omar was alive Taliban implemented Shariah." -
How Israel Should Address the Gaza Report’s Impact on the ICC
There has already been considerable discussion of the UN Human Rights Council’s Independent Commission of Inquiry Report into the 2014 Gaza war. What is not known, however, is whether the International ... -
The Week that Will Be
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Zivotofsky v. Kerry: A Foreign Relations Law Bonanza
I have a short commentary on Zivotofsky v. Kerry (forthcoming in the American Journal of International Law), which is now available here. What follows in this post is an edited version of the abstract. -
Thoughts on Encryption and Going Dark, Part II: The Debate on the Merits
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Governance and Security Sector Assistance: The Missing Link—Part I
Editor's Note: We’re breaking new ground here at the Foreign Policy Essay—a two-part series. So many of the problems identified in past Foreign Policy Essays and for Lawfare in general revolve directly o... -
The Human Cost of the Hack on OPM and Its National Security Impact
By now, everyone knows about the OPM hack and the fact that the private and sensitive information compromised may make employees of the U.S. government—especially those with security clearances—more subj... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Admiral Bob Day on Cybersecurity and Accountability
Last month, I attended a briefing given by members of the Virginia Cyber Commission hosted by the Northern Virginia Technology Council. I was impressed by what I heard. So we invited the Commission’s Exe... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Lawfare kicked off the week with a post from FBI Director James Comey on encryption and “going dark,” following up on his conversation with Ben on the topic last week. “My job,” Director Comey wrote, “is... -
Rational Security, the "Let's All Go Dark" Edition
This week on Rational Security, FBI Director James Comey goes to Capitol Hill to talk about “going dark,” and the gang discusses his reception in two Senate committees. Former officials are expressing co... -
APA Releases Report Critical of Ethics Guidelines That Facilitated CIA Enhanced Interrogation
A little over a week ago, the law firm Sidley Austin LLP submitted its "Independent Review Relating to APA Ethics Guidelines, National Security Interrogations, and Torture" to the APA Board of Directors....
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