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ISIL's "Associated Forces" and the Scope of the Conflict
An article by Mark Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt in today's New York Times discusses a Pentagon plan for expanding/developing the global basing framework for counterterrorist activities, particularly those i... -
Rational Security: The "Irrational Security" Edition
This week on the show, Susan Hennessey joins us again. Shane Harris talks about President Obama's effort to reassure the nation that ISIS is not winning. We discuss Donald Trump's different sort of plan ... -
SSCI Study of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program: A Flawed Report
Who won the torture debate -- the CIA or Senate Intelligence Committee Report? Were waterboarding, rectal hydration, stress positions, and other techniques used against detainees effective? Legal? Ethica... -
It's Bowe Bergdahl Day: HASC Report and NPR's Serial Released
The House Armed Services Committee has released its report on the inquiry into "The Department of Defense's May 2014 Transfer to Qatar of five law-of-war detainees in connection with the recovery of a ca... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Iraqi forces captured a critical neighborhood of Ramadi yesterday. -
Bitcoin Exposed; DNS Hacked; EU Cyber Law Passed
Satoshi Nakamoto exposed? As most readers know, Bitcoin is a crypto currency that was first invented by a pseudononymous mathematician who went by the name of Satoshi Nakamoto. For years, many has soug... -
Do U.S. and UK Spy Agencies Approach International Law the Same Way?
How must states’ intelligence agencies approach their international law obligations? From the perspective of international law itself, there is a fairly clear answer: Like all sub-state entities, intell... -
A Response to Emptywheel: WMD Charges in White Ideological Violence
Over at her Emptywheel blog, Marcy Wheeler has a response to my piece on the designation and prosecution of terrorism in light of the events in Colorado Spring and San Bernardino. As she notes, we have a... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #92: An Interview with Ellen Nakashima and Tony Cole
Did China’s PLA really stop hacking US companies for commercial secrets? And does it matter? In episode 92, we ask those questions and more of two experts on the topic ‒ Washington Post reporter Ellen Na... -
ISIS and Just War Theory
Michael Walzer and Jeff McMahan have each recently written about the war on ISIS. The authors are the leading philosophers of war. -
Jihadology Podcast: Americans in the Islamic State
Lorenzo Vidino and Seamus Hughes come on the show to talk about their new report ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa. Some of the topics covered include: -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
U.S. officials have denied Syrian accusations that U.S. coalition planes targeted a Syrian military base, and instead asserted that Russia was responsible for the strikes that killed four Syrian soldiers...
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