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Lawfare Buys a Bitcoin -- Introduction
Lawfare has decided to buy a bitcoin. We do this not as an investment but as an experiment in journalism. Buying a bitcoin will let us explore the mechanics of how the market works and also give us a fun... -
DNI: FISC Reauthorizes Telephony Metadata Collection for 90 Days
Today, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) James R. Clapper declassified the fact that the government filed an application with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to extend the Nation... -
NSA Hacking of Cell Phone Networks
The Intercept has published an article---based on the Snowden documents---about AURORAGOLD, an NSA surveillance operation against cell phone network operators and standards bodies worldwide. This is not ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
If recent news reports and inflamed Twitter activity are to be believed, the long-awaited Senate report on the CIA’s enhanced interrogation program is "expected to be released Tuesday." Already, former P... -
Smith v. Obama Oral Argument
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has live-streaming video of this morning's oral argument, in a challenge to the NSA's call records program. The live stream will get underway at ... -
There Is a Recent Silver Lining for Gitmo Policy – But It's Not What People Have Been Talking About
The new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is likely to extend the ban on any transfers of Guantanamo detainees into the United States but ease restrictions on transfers to other countries. -
The Week That Will Be
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Senator Menendez's Draft ISIL AUMF
Last Thursday, Bloomberg View’s Josh Rogin had a piece on a draft ISIL authorization put forth by Senator Bob Menendez, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Based on Rogin's report, it... -
The D.C. Circuit's Mandamus Jurisdiction and the Legitimacy of the Military Commissions
It now appears that the next military commissions case in which the D.C. Circuit will hear oral argument is that of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri ("Nashiri"), with oral argument scheduled before an as-yet unna... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Scandinavian Foreign Fighters—Trends and Lessons
Editor’s Note: Foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria are a bit of an obsession for those of us at the Foreign Policy Essay. In this contribution, we’re pleased to go deep on the problem in Scandinavia—a sur... -
Six More Guantanamo Transfers---to Uruguay
Here's the news from the New York Times this morning: WASHINGTON– The United States transferred six detainees from the -
Lawfare Podcast, Episode #102: Israeli Politics, Oy Vey!
The Israeli government fell this week, and Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu called new elections. Israeli politics are an endlessly fascinating Byzantine mess with significant security implications for the ...
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