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I, For One, Welcome Our Samurai Robot Overlords
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CISA Agonistes
The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 passed out of the Intelligence Committee by a 14-1 vote. With that passage, and the House adopton of two similar bills in April, some of us had begun t... -
Lawfare and the IDF Lawyers
Willy Stern has a very interesting essay at the Weekly Standard about “Dabla,” the Israeli Defense Force’s elite operational lawyers. -
Whatever Happened to Umm Sayyaf?
Critical attention to the Obama Administration’s handling of the ongoing conflict with al Qaeda and associated forces tends to center on debates over drones and targeted killing, not captures. This may b... -
"Weapons and the Law of Armed Conflict," by William Boothby
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The Middle East Ticker
International Criminal Court preparing to send an investigative team to Israel: The Israeli daily Haaretz reports that the ICC’s Prosecutor’s office is preparing to send a team to Israel as parts of its ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Obama administration plans to send up to 450 additional US troops to Iraq to assist in the fight against ISIS--a decision likely influenced by the recent fall of Ramadi. Josh Earnest, the White House... -
The Baker of Hard National Security Choices Strikes Again
First, there was the "drone strike cake," called "notorious" by Rolling Stone Magazine. Then there was the "Zero Dark Thirtieth Birthday Cake," because, well, . . . just because. Now, the mysterious an... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #70: An Interview with Dan Kaminsky
Our guest for Episode 70 of the Cyberlaw Podcast is Dan Kaminsky, a famous cybersecurity researcher who found and helped fix a DNS security flaw. -
UN Draft Political Agreement for Libya
On Monday, the Special Representative and head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), Bernardino León, presented a new draft political agreement for Libya at a meeting of the Libyan Pol... -
Proposed Legislation in France Would Significantly Expand Surveillance Practices
As the United States reigns in its surveillance practices, France is expanding its own. -
New Issue of Harvard National Security Journal
The Harvard National Security Journal’s spring issue, published last week, may be of interest to readers of Lawfare. It has four major articles. Antonia Chayes previews her forthcoming book, Borderles...
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