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Shane Harris on Heritage and Lawfare
I really don't know what to say about this piece that Shane Harris posted last night at Foreign Policy, so I'm largely going to let it speak for itself: -
The Demise of Damages in Counterterrorism Cases
Via the New Republic's Security States blog, I have a new essay up on last week's Ninth Circuit decision in Hamad, and how it's part of the larger pattern of judicial hostility to damages suits in counte... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #45: Tom Mann and Norm Ornstein on Political Dysfunction
Over the last few weeks, Benjamin Wittes and John Bellinger both have written on Lawfare about the government shutdown, Tea Party Republicans, and political dysfunction's implications for national securi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Abu Anas al-Liby, whom U.S. special forces snatched from Libya and deposited aboard the U.S.S.San Antonio, pled not guilty to conspiracy charges in Manhattan's Federal District Court yesterday. -
Charles Taylor Goes to Jail in Britain: The Backstory
Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia who was convicted of war crimes in 2012 by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, arrived in Britain yesterday to begin a 50-year prison term in a British jai... -
How the Government Justifies Its Data Hauls: The Sieve Theory
What does the government's demand for Lavabit's encryption keys have to do with its justification for its bulk data collection under FISA Section 215? Basic logic. -
The Debt Ceiling as a National Security Issue
If a body other than the Congress of the United States were actively contemplating a step that would, by the accounts of virtually all economists, tank the U.S. economy, cause interest rates to shoot up,... -
Readings: FAA v. Pirker (Domestic Drone Flights)
Although the Federal Aviation Administration has been tasked by Congress to come up with regulations for the use of drones in domestic airspace, it is running late on that mandate. Even small, light mo... -
Fourth Circuit: No Rehearing En Banc in U.S. v. Sterling
Here's the Fourth Circuit's order denying two petitions for rehearing en banc----one by New York Times reporter James Risen, the other by former CIA Officer Jeffrey Sterling. -
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...
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