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The Policy Tension on Zero-Days Will Not Go Away
The proposition that NSA should under no circumstances stockpile zero-day vulnerabilities, but should in all cases disclose them in order to perfect defenses, apparently has appeal in some quarters. It ... -
4/14 Motions Hearing #1: Ex Parte Hearings, FBI Investigations, and a Recess
It’s game time, y’all. The military judge, Army Col. James Pohl, ascends the bench and resumes pretrial proceedings in the 9/11 case. All five accused are present, along with their lawyers and a few oth... -
9/11 Case Motions Hearing: April 14 Session
Today marks the beginning of a four-day hearing in the 9/11 case, a.k.a. United States v. Mohammed et al. Lawfare will cover the session, with almost-live updates from a Closed Circuit TV viewing facil... -
The Week That Will Be
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Statement of the Chief Prosecutor on This Week's Hearing in the 9/11 Case
You'll find it here. And that's as good a reminder as any that, tomorrow, Lawfare will resume coverage of pretrial motions hearings in United States v. Mohammed et. al. This week's four-day session wil... -
The Aboutalebi Visa Denial: U.S. Law and Historical Precedents
President Obama’s decision to deny a visa to Iran’s would-be Ambassador to the United Nations, Hamid Aboutalebi, is based on U.S. law dating back to 1947 and has numerous historical precedents. Although... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Preventing the Proliferation of Armed Drones
Editor’s Note: Drone warfare and its many implications is a favorite subject for Lawfare readers. Yet even as the United States develops policies for the use of drones on and off the battlefield, it must... -
More on USG Policy on Cyber Vulnerabilities
This morning I wondered why the USG could not say more about its policy (assuming it had one) on stockpiling v. -
Exploring the Effect of NSA Disclosures on the U.S. Technology Industry
This past Monday, I had the honor of moderating a panel organized by students at the American University Washington College of Law’s National Security Law Brief, on Understanding the Global Implications ... -
Lawfare Podcast, Episode #70: Bruce Schneier on Technology and Privacy
Bruce Schneier of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School gave a keynote address at the National Security Agency at the Crossroads conference Bobby put together at UT-Austin las... -
The Week That Was
Once again, FISA was front and center on Laware this week. Tim Edgar gave us a lesson in intelligence surveillance law 101, defining terms like “incidental collection” and “collection over the wire.” Ch... -
Cyber Paradox: Every Offensive Weapon is a (Potential) Chink in Our Defense -- and Vice Versa
As Ben notes, the USG denied a Bloomberg News report that the “U.S.
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