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A Hard-To-Justify Leak
Eli Lake and Josh Rogin have an amazing story at the Daily Beast about how last week’s closure of embassies was prompted by a USG intercept of a conference call of “more than twenty” leaders of AQ and af... -
More on that Non-Jaw-Dropping, Non-U-Turn by Bill Lietzau
Yesterday, I posted posted this little piece objecting to a Daily Mail story's account of its interview with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense William Lietzau, in which it describes a "jaw-dropping U... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The BBC reports that at least 11 people were killed and 24 injured this morning when a bomb exploded in a packed Pakistani soccer stadium. The apparent target was a provincial government minister; young ... -
Allan Friedman on the NSA and Contingency Planning
My Brookings colleague Allan Friedman, an expert on cybersecurity, has this essay on the Atlantic's web site: In the coming weeks, Congress and the civilian defense leadership will have to ask a lot of q... -
A "Jaw-Dropping U-Turn" Story that Isn't
I saw this breathless story in the Daily Mail by reporter David Rose a few hours after seeing William Lietzau, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for detainee matters, at a social event: The Penta... -
Postwar: An Essay on Whether the Armed-Conflict Model Still Matters
"Does it really matter, from a legal perspective, whether the U.S. -
The Cyber Incentive Memos
Here are the reports from the Federal agencies on the new incentive programs I mentioned: Department of Treasury [this is the official link -- but it isn't working just now] Department of Homeland Secu... -
Stern on Ackerman and the Speech and Debate Clause
The other day, Jack posted an excerpt from a Foreign Policy article by Professor Bruce Ackerman, advocating for Senator Wyden to take advantage of the Speech and Debate Clause and disclose classified inf... -
Incentives for Cybersecurity
Consistent with the earlier cybersecurity Executive Order, the Administration has been working on ways of incetivizing the private sector to adopt the Cybersecurity Framework under development by NIST. ... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Let’s begin with all things Al Qaeda. Sources revealed that Ayman al-Zawahiri allegedly told Nasir al-Wuhayshi, leader of AQAP and Al Qaeda’s number two, to “do something.” Barbara Starr of CNN reports t... -
Appellant Brief Filed in Aamer v. Obama
Three Guantanamo detainees filed their opening brief yesterday in Aamer v. Obama. Shaker Aamer, Nabil Hadjarab and Ahmed Belbacha are appealing the D.C. District Court’s denial of their motions for a pre... -
On the AQAP-al Qaeda Relationship and Its Implications for the AUMF
This story from Ellen Nakashima and Anne Gearan, in the Washington Post, reports that the threat leading to the closure of so many embassies and consulates involves a direct order from Ayman al-Zawahiri ...
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