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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Would a cyber attack on the most vulnerable nodes of the U.S. power grid paralyze us, or would we be prepared? That's what 10,000 war gamers tried to assess in a simulation this week. -
Building a Grenade with Materials Purchased After Airport Security
Great. Just great. The explosion is not all that impressive, but I sure wouldn't want to be on an airplane when it happened. More information available here<... -
The First Circuit and the First Amendment
This week’s much-anticipated decision by the First Circuit in Mehanna v. -
The Tarek Mehanna Decision: A Brief Summary
As Ben previewed yesterday, the First Circuit Court of Appeals, in an opinion written by Judge Bruce M. Selya, affirmed the conviction of Tarek Mehanna on a number of terrorism and false statement charge... -
Heel Dragging and Losing Arguments: The Abdullah Briefing
The appellant and appellee briefs in a Guantanamo detainee's habeas-related appeal, Abdullah v. Obama, have been filed with the Court of Appeals for the D.C. -
The Air Goes Out of the Balloon: The Tarek Mehanna Appeal
We will post a full summary of the First Circuit Court of Appeals's decision in the case of Tarek Mehanna soon. -
The Other Witness Statements at Today's Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing
Paul already linked to his and DNI General Counsel Bob Litt's testimony (which also represented J. -
My Senate Testimony -- The NSA and Transparency
I testified on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law. The hearing was on the Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 -- a proposal by Senator Fr... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
We begin with security concerns posed by rebel groups in Paraguay, like the Paraguayan People's Army, who are making headway and intensifying their operations against security forces in the country. The ... -
Does the ICCPR Establish an Extraterritorial Right to Privacy?
Ben and David Cole have been having an exchange (see here and here) about a “universal right to privacy,” including a discussion about what such a right might look like. Stepping back, it is useful to u... -
Thoughts on Two Propositions: The “Power of Metadata,” and Providing Privacy Protections to Foreigners
Last month, I had the privilege of participating in three different forums on the Snowden leaks and congressional considerations of reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): a hearing b... -
My Other Blog
Now that Will Baude has outed me, I thought that perhaps I should tell Lawfare readers that for the last few months I have also been writing on a second blog, called On Labor. My co-blogger is my Harvar...
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