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The estimable Chris Jenks writes in from Australia with the following thoughts on my piece yesterday on the David Petraeus plea:
Appreciated your comments on Petraeus. One additional factor which resonat...
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Two new podcasts for your listening pleasure.
Here's this week's episode of Rational Security, on which Shane Harris, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and I discuss Susan Rice's speech to AIPAC, recent development...
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Over at The Intercept, Peter Maass complains that the plea deal for David Petraeus is "yet another example of a senior official treated leniently for the sorts of violations that lower-level officials ar...
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With opening statements made, prosecutors in the capital case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev commenced their presentation of evidence. An overview of the day’s testimony---which spanned some of the morning a...
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FTC v. Wyndham. The Third Circuit heard oral argument the other day in this long-running case that will test whether or not the FTC can use its "unfair" business practices authority to sanction companie...
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After weeks of protracted and highly contested jury selection, opening statements in the capital case against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev got underway yesterday, more than one month later than originally planned. ...
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Tensions between the United Kingdom and Germany may be on the rise as a result of Germany’s ongoing parliamentary inquiry into foreign spying. The Telegraph explains that the parliamentary official charg...
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If you weaken crypto ... you weaken crypto. "Technology companies are scrambling to fix a major security flaw that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking whe...
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Qatar is reportedly pushing Jabhat al-Nusra, Al-Qaeda’s official arm in Syria, to break away from Al Qaeda and form an independent entity that would also include some smaller jihadi groups such as Jaish ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress yesterday. In his speech, he roundly condemned the nuclear deal being negotiated between Iran and the P5+1.
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By now, most readers will be familiar with the news reports that Hillary Clinton used a personal email account (hdr22@clintonemail.com) for her official work while Secretary of State. Most of the news h...
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Of course the US cares about privacy, just as much, if not more, than they do in the EU. And the data are clear that in the EU, national security and law enforcement surveillance are often subject to le...
