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Echoes From the Past on Encryption
President Obama’s recent comments calling for a public debate on encryption are, as Susan Landau recently pointed out, some much-needed straight talk about the issue. -
CMCR Voids David Hicks' Guilty Plea and Sentence
The Miami Herald (via the AP's Ben Fox) has a piece on the Court of Military Commission Review's (CMCR) ruling; Jess Bravin also has this report in the Wall Street Journal. The decision can be found he... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today, the White House hosts a summit to discuss the steps the United States can take towards “Countering Violent Extremism.” The Washington Post writes that “Obama is hoping to concentrate the world’s f... -
Presidential Power and Enjoining the Obama Immigration Plan
Monday’s district court decision enjoining President Obama’s immigration plan, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA), was a strong rebuke of presidential overreaching, although it was framed as... -
The New White House Information Sharing Executive Order
Last Friday, as part of the Cybersecurity summit at Stanford, President Obama announced a new information sharing initiative, and issued an Executive Order that was tied to the initiative. The EO will, ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, Egypt launched airstrikes against Islamic State targets in Libya. These bombings came in response to recently released Islamic State videos, depicting the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Coptic Chri... -
Shutting Down DHS – A Realistic Appraisal
The press and the political junkies are all wrapped up in a discussion of the coming show down over the shut down of the Department of Homeland Security. The isn’t really about homeland security, of cour... -
The Equation Group's Sophisticated Hacking and Exploitation Tools
This week, Kaspersky Labs published detailed information on what it calls the Equation Group -- almost certainly the NSA -- and its abilities to embed spyware deep inside computers, gaining pretty much t... -
The Foreign Policy Essay—Special Edition: First, Do No Harm
Editor’s Note: The White House summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) that will begin tomorrow is a bold attempt to tackle the “root causes” of terrorism. Yet more than a decade after 9/11, neither... -
"The President As Lawmaker: Moderating Executive Authority in Wartime"
That's the title of this interesting piece, on foreign affairs preemption and executive agreements. The author is Daniel Silverberg, a lawyer working in the House of Representatives on national security ... -
Errors and Misconceptions About the Obama Draft AUMF
Much of the discussion in recent days about the Obama draft AUMF for ISIL contains mistakes and misconceptions, at least as I see matters. The Draft AUMF Does Not Limit The President. The biggest canar... -
Finally ... Some Clear Talk on the Encryption Issue
The president gave a clear and thoughtful interview on the encryption debates Friday, and he nailed the issue.
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