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What Will Cyber Conflict Look Like?
There is much to admire in Erik Gartzke’s recent Lawfare essay, Fear and War in Cyberspace. Indeed, I find myself in substantial agreement with it as a proposition reflecting the reality of today. But ... -
President Obama Proposes to Limit Some NSA Surveillance
That's the gist of tonight's report, from Politico's Josh Gerstein: President Barack Obama said Thursday that he'll be reining in some of the snooping conducted by the National Security Agency, but he ... -
The Snowden Disclosures, Glenn Greenwald and Canada
In another forum, my colleague, Rafal Rohozinski, made some interesting observations about the Greenwald/Snowden disclosures as they relate to Canada. Rohozinski was formerly a Fellow at Harvard's Berkm... -
Detainees Request Permission to Address Revised Force-Feeding Protocols in Aamer v. Obama
The detainees in Aamer v. Obama, the force-feeding case on appeal before the D.C. Circuit, have filed another letter with the court. In a Nov. 21 letter, the government notified the court that the force-... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
At least 29 people are dead and more than 70 are hurt after a series of attacks on Yemen’s defense ministry early this morning. The attacks were two-pronged: a suicide bomb blew open the gates and front ... -
Two More Guantanamo Detainees Transferred to Algeria
The transfer of two Algerian detainees at Guantanamo Bay was announced this morning by the Department of Defense: The Department of Defense announced on Dec. 5 the transfer of Djamel Saiid Ali Ameziane a... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In breaking news, the Washington Post's Barton Gellman and Ashkan Soltani kick us off with more Snowden leaked documents, which reveal that the NSA is gathering "5 billion records a day on the whereabout... -
Malware Jumps The Air Gap
Recent research in Germany, reported earlier this week in Ars Technica, raises a troubling prospect. The researchers have "proposed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, ... -
The EU Wants to Regulate US Data Practices---But Can't Touch Britain's
That, at least, seems to be the point of this story in the Guardian, which opens: The EU executive is threatening to freeze crucial data-sharing arrangements with the US because of the Edward Snowden rev... -
FTC Seeks New Privacy Authority
Lawfare readers will recall that I earlier blogged about the Federal Trade Commission's case against Wyndham Hotels. Under the mantle of its consumer protection mandate, the FTC has sought to impose civ... -
Apropos of Judge Edwards: Petition for Certiorari Filed in Hussain
It is somewhat old news, though refreshed a bit in light of yesterday's Ali decision from the D.C. Circuit: on November 19, lawyers for another Guantanamo detainee, Abdul al Qader Ahmed Hussain, asked th... -
Judge Edwards's Odd Concurrence in Ali
Both Raffaela and Steve have already noted the D.C. Circuit's opinion yesterday in Abdul Razak Ali v. Obama, the latest Guantanamo habeas case.
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