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The Clock is Ticking on the 215 Sunset---And Why That Matters
Tick. Tick. Tick. That's the sound of time slipping away before the June 1 sunset of the Patriot Act 215 provision. We're now within two months of the sunset. Congress does not seem to be bestirring its... -
Announcing: The Triple Entente Beer Summit!
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Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #61: An Interview with Joseph Nye
Our guest for episode 61 of the Cyberlaw podcast is Joseph Nye, former dean of the Kennedy School at Harvard and three-time national security official for State, Defense, and the National Intelligence Co... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Obama has begun stumping for the recently negotiated Iran nuclear deal. On Saturday, he gave an interview with the New York Times’ Thomas L. Friedman. Meanwhile, yesterday, he spoke with NPR’s ... -
Review of Schneier’s Data and Goliath
Over at The New Rambler Review – a new online book review site that I highly recommend – I have a piece on Bruce Schneier’s new book, Data and Goliath. An excerpt that provides a sense of the book: Data... -
Two New FISA Court Judges Designated
From the FISC’s website: “The Chief Justice has designated Judge James P. Jones of the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia and Judge Thomas B. Russell of the United States ... -
What Does the Word "Implement" Mean in the Iran Framework Agreement?
Since last week’s announcement of a “framework agreement” on the Iranian nuclear program, I’ve been bothered by a handful of troublesome ambiguities. -
The Middle East Ticker
Twitter and YouTube have been blocked in Turkey. The move comes after the sites failed to comply with an order issued last week by the Istanbul First Criminal Courts of Peace to take down footage of an I... -
John Oliver Interview with Edward Snowden
Some of it is very funny. And there's a very interesting discussion starting at 19:30 about how well he understood---and to what extent he read---the documents he disclosed. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A story that broke on Thursday became all the more horrific as details poured in over the weekend: Somali militants associated with the Shabab slaughtered 147 students at Garissa Univeristy College in Ea... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Eliminating Terrorist Safe Havens—One Size Does Not Fit All
Editor’s Note: Since 9/11, the United States has sought to prevent terrorists from enjoying safe havens from which they can build their organizations and plot attacks. Yet the term “safe haven” means dif... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Who is Vladimir Putin?
With a tenuous ceasefire holding in Ukraine, we asked Fiona Hill onto the show to discuss the man behind the unrest: Vladimir Putin. Hill is the co-author of Mr. Putin: Operative in the Kremlin, and a Se...
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