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National Academies Report on Bulk Signals Intelligence
On January 15, 2015, the National Research Council released a report entitled Bulk Collection of Signals Intelligence: Technical Options. -
Reactions to NYT Story on North Korean Cyber Penetration
David Sanger and Martin Fackler write in the NYT that the NSA “drilled into the Chinese networks that connect North Korea to the outside world, picked through connections in Malaysia favored by North Kor... -
The Week That Will Be
Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar) We wish you a happy holiday as we remember the life and leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. -
New NSA Documents on Offensive Cyberoperations
Jacob Appelbaum, Laura Poitras and others have another NSA aticle with an enormous Snowden document dump on Der Spiegel, giving details on a variety of offensive NSA cyberoperations to infiltrate and exp... -
Bits and Bytes
Hackers for Hire. Hacker's List is the new Uber for hacker hiring. "A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord’s website. -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Ceci n’est pas une guerre
Editor’s Note: The recent terrorist attacks in France prompted mass rallies and statements of support from around the world. In the United States, President Obama is convening the leaders of concerned st... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #106: Daniel Reisner on Law, Security, and Peace in the Middle East.
This week, Ben and Matt Waxman sat down with Daniel Reisner, former head of the International Law Branch of the Israeli Defense Forces and current partner with Herzog, Fox and Neeman. Reisner has also se... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Last week, Bryan Cunningham invited the Lawfare community to debate the proper role of law enforcement and traditional war fighting tools in combating terrorism. Cunningham argued that the discussion was... -
President Obama Comments on Back-doors in Encryption
We've yet to find a transcript of President Obama's remarks during today's press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, but according to several news outlets, the President made a number o... -
The Administration's Cyber Proposals -- Information Sharing
As part of the run-up to the State of the Union address next week, the Administration has been releasing publicly some of its policy proposals. One of the most notable suite of proposals involved new le... -
A Response to Bruce Schneier and a Cautious Defense of Energy in the Executive
Bruce Schneier has responded to my earlier exchange with Edward Snowden with a challenging question: Putting aside what the Constitution currently does or does permit, wouldn't it be better if all survei... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #49: An Interview with Juan Zarate
Our guest commentator for episode 49 of the Steptoe Cyberlaw podcast is Juan Zarate, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the senior national security analyst fo...
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