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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Lawfare picked up where it left off last week, reviewing the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s study of the CIA’s Enhanced Interrogation Techniques. -
The Sony Hack: Attribution Problems, and the Connection to Domestic Surveillance
The FBI said today of the Sony hack: As a result of our investigation, . . . the FBI now has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government is responsible for these actions. -
The Sony Hack: Will the United States Take Countermeasures Against North Korea?
Now that the United States has concluded that North Korea was responsible for the hack into Sony’s computers, it has begun to make noises about responding to that hack in some way. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today, the FBI formally blamed North Korea for the cyberattack against Sony Pictures. -
On the Sony Hack
I've written two essays on the Sony hack, one for the Wall Street Journal, and the other for Vice Motherboard. The former opens: Earlier this month, a mysterious group that calls itself Guardians of Pea... -
Thoughts on the SSCI Report, Part II: The Program's Brutality
I want to begin my review of the SSCI interrogation report and the responses from the CIA and the SSCI minority by addressing the area in which, in my view, the majority report is strongest: the allegati... -
The Perils of Torture Agnosticism (Or, How <em>Not</em> to Read the SSCI Report)
It’s now been 10 days since the release of the Executive Summary of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s (SSCI) study of the CIA detainee program—almost certainly to be known to posterity as the... -
Avril Haines to Be Deputy National Security Adviser
The Washington Post reports: Avril D. Haines will become deputy to national security adviser Susan E. -
District Court Suppresses Pole Camera Surveillance Footage
Twitter brings news of this interesting little order in United States v. Vargas. The court's opinion was authored by Judge Edward F. Shea and opens: The first duty of government is the safety of its peo... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times is reporting that American officials have concluded North Korea was “centrally involved” in the hacking attacks on Sony Pictures. Privately, Officials also note that the White House ha... -
A Coffee Shop on the Israeli-Al Qaeda Border
The last time I was on the Israeli-Syrian border looking at the ruined Syrian city of Quneitra was thirty years ago. I was fifteen and taking a summer course in Israel. And an Israeli soldier manning a b... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #47: An Interview with Joanne McNabb
Our guest this week is Joanne McNabb, Director of Privacy Education and Policy for the California Attorney General’s Office. Joanne discusses the findings and recommendations in the recently released 20...
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