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Reminder: The Triple Entente Beer Summit is Fast Approaching
They're the hottest item in the national security world. And they're going fast. -
New York Times Gets Stellarwind IG Report Under FOIA
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Omar Khadr Granted Bail in Canada
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The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
On Thursday, the Obama administration revealed that a January drone strike killed two hostages being held by Al Qaeda, one American and one Italian. Jack noted that this openness by the administration ab... -
Two Observations About The New DOD Cyber Strategy
The publication of DOD's new cyber strategy is a milestone and a major step forward in the cyber policy debate. In particular, the strategy is notable for its relative openness about the use of offensiv... -
Drone Strike Errors and the Hostage Tragedy: Mapping the Issues in the Newly-Catalyzed Debate?
The use of lethal force (whether via armed drone, manned aircraft, cruise missile, helicopter assault, etc.) has been a cornerstone of U.S. counterterrorism policy for many years, both in places where we... -
The Continuing Democratization of QUANTUM Technology
From my book Data and Goliath: ...when I was working with the Guardian on the Snowden documents, the one top-secret program the NSA desperately did not want us to expose -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday’s news that a U.S. drone strike inadvertently killed two al Qaeda hostages---one American and one Italian---continues to reverberate throughout the Fourth Estate. -
The Perils of Partial Official Acknowledgment
Yesterday the President acknowledged that the United States inadvertently killed an American citizen and an Italian citizen held hostage by al-Qaida. The killings, he said, took place during “a U.S. -
Another Response on Harold Koh
Yesterday, I published this correspondence from a government lawyer who thought I had been unfair to Harold Koh in describing his role at the State Department as being "obstructionist" with respect to th... -
Pentagon Releases New 2015 Cybersecurity Strategy
Today, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter unveiled the Pentagon's new cybersecurity strategy at Stanford University in a speech entitled "Rewiring the Pentagon: Charting a New Path on Innovation and Cybe... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
This morning, the White House announced that a U.S. drone strike targeting al Qaeda militants along the mountainous border of Afghanistan and Pakistan killed two Western hostages in January.
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