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Today’s Headlines and Commentary
There’s much out there, naturally, on the President’s State of the Union address---but we got to have a little excitement of our own in the national security world, as Raffaela laid out last night. -
Feinstein Statement on Intelligence Committee Oversight of Targeted Killings
Senator Feinstein issued the following press release today: The administration has publicly described—including now in an unclassified white paper—the legality and boundaries of targeted killing of terro... -
JNSLP & Georgetown Symposium on "Big Data" -- February 27, 2013
For those who will be in DC on the 27th, I highly recommend this event. Detailed agenda below the jump: The Journal of National Security Law & Policy and The Georgetown Center on National Security and t... -
Transcript of John Brennan’s Confirmation Hearing
It is now available on the SSCI website. -
2/13 Hearing #1: You've Got Mail Redux
The fated hour arrives; the gavel bangs; the judicial authority almost emanates. The commission once more is called to order. Both sides are present, lawyer-wise, with a few individual lawyers absent. ... -
9/11 Case Hearing: February 13 Session
It is a chilly morning here at Fort Meade's Smallwood Hall, venue for Lawfare's coverage of almost-live, CCTV-broadcasted-from-Guantanamo hearings. This marks the third day of this week's four-day motio... -
The President’s SOTU Pledge to Work With Congress and Be Transparent on National Security Issues
An important Lawfare-related sentence from last night’s SOTU address: [I]n the months ahead, I will continue to engage with Congress to ensure not only that our targeting, detention, and prosecution of t... -
President Obama’s Cyber Executive Order
As Rafaella reported last night, President Obama went “all-in” on cybersecurity last night, marrying a substantive mention of cyber in his State of the Union address (I’m bitter about that -- I bet agai... -
Other Lawfare Matters in the State of the Union
In the President's State of the Union Address, President Obama spent a fair amount of time on foreign policy and Lawfare-related matters. In addition to announcing his cybersecurity executive order, he d... -
Cybersecurity in the State of the Union---and in an Executive Order
Just in time for his State of the Union Address, President Obama has signed and released his executive order on cybersecurity. And we have it all right here in one place for you. -
Arming a Drone with a Paintball Marker
A few weeks ago, I wrote in a brief essay published by the Hoover Institution, in which I posed the following question: "How long do we really think it will take before a gun enthusiast arms a remotely-p... -
2/12 Session #6: Torres, and More Welsh
Lt. Col. Ramon Torres now testifies by VTC from Orlando, Florida, where he works in the human resources command. But his testimony is not strictly directed to monitoring matters; instead, explains bin A...
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