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Lavabit in the Fourth Circuit
For those who are following the saga of Lavabit, the company has now filed its brief in the Fourth Circuit. -
The Growth of Cybersecurity Common Law Liability
Over at Security States, I have a post entitled "When Companies Are Hacked, Customers Bear the Brunt. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Week three of the Shutdown. Former SecDef Leon Panetta criticized the Obama Administration's handling of furloughs of civilians at the Defense Department and within the intelligence community, as Carlo M... -
More FISC Details: Between July 1 and September 30, 24.4% of FISC Applications Saw Substantive Changes
In July, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court undertook to collect more detailed statistics than those required by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Among other things, the latter calls ... -
Disclosing Secrets
As a short follow up to Ben's post about the editorial judgment of the Washington Post, I am reminded of what the New York Times Public Editor, Byron Calame said about the SWIFT disclosures, in an opinio... -
Blowing Secrets for the Sake of Doing So?
The Washington Post this morning has the latest Snowden-leaked document story: "The National Security Agency is harvesting hundreds of millions of contact lists from personal e-mail and instant messaging... -
Al-Liby Transferred to SDNY
That's the gist of this afternoon's AP wire report, which just ran in the Washington Post: WASHINGTON — After a weeklong interrogation aboard a U.S. warship, a Libyan al-Qaida suspect is now in New Yor... -
On Proliferating State and Local Surveillance Technologies
Over at Security States, I have this piece up, about the proliferation of city- and state-operated surveillance technologies---and the need to pair collection rules for these technologies with effective... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Let's start with the domestic developments: A dry-ice bomb exploded in a men's bathroom at Los Angeles International Airport last night. -
23rd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law CLE Conference
Don't forget to register for this year's event, scheduled for October 31-November 1 at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington. Here are all the details, including the agenda and list of speakers. 23rd Annual Re... -
Cyber Conflict Bibliography
My colleague at The George Washington University Law School, Lori Fossum, has just published a Cyber Conflict Bibliography. For those interested in cybersecurity (and particularly cyber warfare) it is a... -
American Paralysis and Troubles in the South China Sea: A Primer on the Philippines-China Arbitration
In response to the government shutdown at home, President Obama decided last week to cancel his planned participation in a series of Asian and Pacific summits.
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