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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi criticized Saudi intervention in Yemen. The Wall Street Journal reports that, in remarks that laid bare growing divisions between U.S. -
On Hacking A Passenger Airliner (GAO report)
Several news stories today have highlighted a recently released GAO report which stated that "Modern aircraft are increasingly connected to the Internet. This interconnectedness can potentially provide u... -
"Judicial Review of National Security," by David Scharia
Published by Oxford UP (2015) Reviewed by His Serenity, The Book Review Editor -
U.S. Support for the Saudi Air Campaign in Yemen: The Legal Issues
For the past couple of weeks, a Saudi-led coalition has been engaged in a substantial air campaign against Houthi forces in Yemen. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A U.S. drone strike in Yemen killed a top official in al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula on Monday, the terrorist group tweeted yesterday. The New York Times writes that Ibrahim al-Rubeish, a top ideologu... -
What the NYT Editorial Board Gets Wrong About the Sensible, Bipartisan Iran Review Bill
Here is the Bill passed unanimously by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday (and here is my lengthy analysis of the similar earlier version of the Bill). -
Hoover Book Soiree: Juliette Kayyem on "Security Mom"
The next in our series of Hoover Book Soirees will take place at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office on April 26, when Jack interviews Juliette Kayyem about her new book, Security Mom: An Unclassi... -
Why the Administration is Perfectly Pleased with the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act
Today, just hours before Senator Corker’s slightly amended “Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act” sailed through committee on a unanimous vote, the Obama administration began walking back its longstanding o... -
Homeland Security Committee's Cyber Bill a Missed Opportunity
Today, the House Homeland Security Committee marked up a cybersecurity information sharing bill that promised to be “the best of bunch” in terms of civil liberties protections among the cybersecurity inf... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast: An Interview with Dmitri Alperovitch
Our guest for Episode 62 is Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and CTO of CrowdStrike Inc. and former Vice President of Threat Research at McAfee. -
A Primer on Globally Harmonizing Internet Jurisdiction and Regulations
That is the title of a paper I recently co-authored with former Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff. We wrote it for the Global Commission on Internet Governance, a commission chaired by fo... -
Open Society Justice Initiative Issues New Report on U.S. Drone Strikes in Yemen
The Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) has released a new report that documents civilian casualties caused by U.S. drone strikes in Yemen.
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