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The German NSA Affair and the Need for Reform in Berlin
When Chancellor Angela Merkel recently cited the “challenges” concerning the National Security Agency as an area that the German government has “tackled excellently” this term, many observers were surpri... -
Ever-Expanding Theories Of Unilateral Article II War Power
In September 2014 Congress authorized a $500 million program to train and equip (T&E) Syrian rebels to combat ISIS and other terrorist groups in Syria. -
The Operational Doctrine of Hybrid Conflict as It Relates to Cyber Conflict - A Speculation
Ben Wittes’ commentary about hybrid conflict asks “what is really new in this idea of hybrid conflict”?, and answers by giving a cyber example that falls at the seams of existing international law. He p... -
CIA Releases Collection of Presidential Briefing Documents from 1961 to 1969
Today at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library at the University of Texas, the CIA released a trove of presidential briefs that were delivered to both Presidents John F. Kennedy and LBJ from 1961 to... -
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After an investment of $500 million, an initial goal of training 5,400 Syrian rebel fighters a year, and a whopping 54 fighters successfully graduated this summer, the sum total of U.S.-trained rebels st... -
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson: "Achieving our Homeland Security While Preserving our Values and our Liberty"
This afternoon, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is giving the following speech at Westminster College, in Fulton Missouri: Thank you, President Akande, for that kind introduction. I congratula... -
In Contempt of Bulk Surveillance: It’s Too Easy
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From Al Qaeda in Iraq to ISIS, From al Zarqawi to al Baghdadi
Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS Joby Warrick Doubleday (2015) Reviewed by Bruce Riedel -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Kremlin is unwilling to back down from its escalation in Syria. That’s the news from Reuters, which tells us that Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that talks between Washington and Moscow woul... -
Disconcerting U.S. Cyber Deterrence Troubles Continue
Two weeks ago the newspapers were filled with leaked threats that the U.S. government was “developing a package of unprecedented economic sanctions against Chinese companies and individuals who have bene... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Despite a string of stinging military defeats, the Assad regime is hanging on to power. That’s the word from the BBC, which suggests that "predictions of the imminent, or even medium-term fall of Damascu... -
The Non-Trivial But Probably Losing Argument That The Iran Review Act Bars The President from Lifting U.S. Sanctions Against Iran
Several people (including Senator Cruz, Eugene Kontorovich, Mike Pompeo and David Rivkin, and a majority of the members of the House o
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