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On the Data Retention Directive Case
In another round of “privacy versus security” in the European Union, the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) on April 8, 2014 struck down the European Union’s Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times gives us a sneak peak at Attorney General Eric Holder’s much awaited revisions to the Justice Department’s profiling rules. -
The National Security Agency at the Crossroads: Audio of Sessions
The following is audio of the conference last week in Austin hosted by the Intelligence Studies Project, a joint venture of the Strauss Center and Clements Center at the University of Texas at Austin. -
About (A Lot More Than) Metadata
The recent announcements by the President and the leaders of the House Intelligence Committee marked the beginning of the end of more than a decade of bulk metadata collection by the government under evo... -
Yale Symposium: Unpacking NSA's Global Problem
On Sunday, the Yale Information Society Project held an excellent symposium on the international policy implications of “Big Data.” I took part in the event (see livestream here), which touched on many t... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #14: An Interview with Benjamin Wittes
This week’s podcast features a conversation with none other than Lawfare’s own Ben Wittes. But it begins as usual with This Week in NSA: A Reuters story claims that researchers showed something bad about... -
The AUMF and IHL's Field of Application
Our friends at the ICRC DC delegation have a wonderful blog, intercross, and often use it to host brief exchanges among scholars and practitioners on current IHL and IHL-related issues. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Edward Snowden is back with more inflammatory revelations. Speaking via video to the Council of Europe yesterday, Snowden said the United States has spied on staff members of prominent human rights organ... -
Bits and Bytes -- Open SSL Bug
The disturbing news comes courtesy of Nicole Perlroth of the New York Times. Apparently there is a significant bug in the Open SSL protocol that provides most of the https security on the network. Here... -
LIVE: Hearing at House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
As he noted below, Ben is testifying in front of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. The title of the hearing is "Is al-Qaeda Winning? -
On the Connections Between the AUMF and Section 702
I was asked to give testimony today before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on two topics that may seem largely unconnected: the vitality and adequacy of the AUMF for the conflict the United States i... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Today is the one-month anniversary of the day MH-370 went missing. Reports surfaced
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