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Executive Order Authorizes South Sudan Sanctions
On Thursday, President Obama signed an executive order authorizing the Department of the Treasury to impose sanctions on certain individuals and entities involved in the conflict in South Sudan. The orde... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Saudi Arabia Dumps the Brotherhood
Editor’s Note: The Arab Spring and the subsequent backlash from authoritarian regimes have created new rifts in the Middle East. One of the biggest new divides is between those who support and those who ... -
Lawfare Podcast, Episode #69: A Conversation with Former NSA Deputy Director Chris Inglis
"The National Security Agency at the Crossroads" was a two-day conference organized by Lawfare's Bobby Chesney, and held earlier this week at the University of Texas' Strauss Center for International Sec... -
Clearing Up Surveillance
Henry V’s claim to the throne of France is “as clear as is the summer’s sun,” explains the Archbishop of Canterbury in Shakespeare’s play. The joke, of course, is that he has come to this conclusion fol... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Let’s begin with NSA news: Wells flagged a joint DNI and AG statement announcing that the government will seek a 90-day extension of the current 215 program as an interim measure pending reform legislati... -
Judge Collyer Throws Out Al-Aulaqi Bivens Suit
Judge Rosemary Collyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has thrown out the Bivens suit by the families of Anwar Al-Aulaqi and his son, and Samir Khan, all of whom were U.S. citizen... -
Congress Considers the IANA Transfer to ICANN
As we noted earlier, the Administration is proposing to transfer a significant Internet function (the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) to an international NGO. As you may imagine the proposal has ge... -
D.C. Circuit Affirms Denial of Preliminary Injunction in Abdullah v. Obama
The D.C. Circuit has just handed down a 12-page decision in Abdullah v. Obama, affirming the district court's denial of Abdullah's motion to enjoin the U.S. government from detaining him. Hani Saleh Rash... -
WeRobot2014 Conference Underway at University of Miami
The annual WeRobot program has emerged as the key conference on the legal, policy, moral, and other normative questions related to robotics. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In the aftermath of Wednesday’s tragic shooting at Fort Hood, we begin to consider how this could have happened. The New York Times explains that Wednesday’s deadly shooting is eerily reminiscent of a sh... -
"Secrets and Leaks: The Dilemma of State Secrecy," by Rahul Sagar
Published by Princeton University Press (2013) Reviewed by Steven Aftergood
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