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Ben Emmerson Statement on Visit to Washington
Ben Emmerson, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, issued the following statement on Friday following a visit t... -
The Washington Post on Prism
I had some hesitancy writing this blog since so many of the writers at the Post are acquaintances. But it really must be said. By now, readers are familiar with the Post's story on the NSA Prism progra... -
The Guardian Reveals Its Source: NSA Contractor Edward Snowden, Currently in...China
You can't make this stuff up. The Guardian has revealed its source to be NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who (not surprisingly) appears to be a fierce advocate of online freedom and privacy and who (perh... -
Cultivating the Future Cyberspace Operations Workforce
This memorandum from the Secretary of Defense, came across my screen the other day. It will give the reader some insight into how DoD is trying to build its cyber capabilities. MEMORANDUM FOR SECRETARIE... -
"Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History," by John Fabian Witt
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"Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History," by John Fabian Witt
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Two Reviews of John Fabian Witt, Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History
The Lawfare Book Review is pleased to announce that this weekend, we are publishing not one but two reviews of John Fabian Witt, Lincoln's Code: The Laws of War in American History (Free Press 2012; the ... -
Fighting over Legal Process in the SoftBank-Sprint Deal
Last week, the inter-agency Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved Japanese telecommunications firm SoftBank's purchase of a 70% interest in Sprint-Nextel. -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Unsurprisingly, the dominant story on Lawfare concerned a leaked FISA Court order and the disclosure of the NSA's PRISM program. Here are Steve's post, written when the Guardian first published its piece... -
Sensenbrenner on DOJ Testimony Regarding Section 215
Among the questions raised by the yesterday's FISC story is this: what has the executive branch said to members of Congress, regarding the collection of Verizon customers' telephony metadata under Sectio... -
The NSA Revelations
Like everyone else I've been following the breaking NSA stories. [And, as an aside, almost lost in the clutter is the Guardian's next revelation of PPD-20, the Administration's Top Secret cyber operatio... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Happy(?) Friday. Buckle your seat belts, folks, because today's edition is a force to be reckoned with. President Obama spent about 15 minutes earlier today speaking about the FISA Court order leak and ...
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