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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Yesterday, the Department of Defense announced the first death associated with current U.S. operations in Iraq and Syria. According to Air Force Times, Cpl. Jordan L. “Spears [died]... in the Persian Gul... -
The Supreme Court Should Stay Far Away from the Vesting Clause in <em>Zivitofsky</em>
The strange little case of Zivotofsky v. Kerry casts power politics as petty paperwork. But it might be one of the most significant non-terrorism foreign affairs cases in a generation. In the broadest se... -
Folk International Law and the Application of LOAC in Counterterrorism Operations
Naz Modirzadeh’s fascinating series of Lawfare posts (here, here, and here) discussing her article, Folk International Law, provides an excellent primer on the potential consequences and confusion that r... -
"Lone Wolf Terrorism: Understanding the Growing Threat," by Jeffrey D. Simon
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Readings: Henry Farrell on Critics of Snowden and Greenwald
Some time back, Ben noted two stern critiques of Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald---one by Sean Wilentz and another by George Packer. The latter reviewed Greenwald's book, No Place to Hide; ditto Micha... -
Axiom -- A Chinese APT
And just to prove that we are equal-opportunity victims, I also saw, today, this report from Novetta on "Operation SMN" -- a report on a Chinese APT dubbed Axiom. Here's a bit of the Executive Summary: ... -
Russian APT28
We tend to focus our attention on Chinese APT cyber threats for good reason -- they tend to be more overt and focus on American business interests. But we should not lose sight of the fact that Russian ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A new set of monitoring guidelines for people arriving to the United States from West Africa has been put in place by the federal government. The New York Times reports on new measures that are supposed ... -
A Follow Up on the Postal Service Metadata Program
This morning, I posted some thoughts on a story in the New York Times about so-called "mail covers" by the Postal Service and their relationship -
Will Anyone Care About the Postal Service's Metadata Program
I'm very interested to watch how the political system responds to this New York Times story about the U.S. Postal's Service very old, sort-of-bulk metadata program. The Times reports: In a rare public ac... -
Bits and Bytes
Two cyber related items today: The FCC is now in the cybersecurity business. It's $10M fine is the first of its kind to be levied against a telecom that, allegedly, stored personal information with ina... -
Feds Identify Suspected "Second Leaker"
That's the headline from Michael Iskikoff at Yahoo! News reporting that the FBI has identified the suspected so-called "second leaker." The story begins: The FBI has identified an employee of a federal ...
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