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Speaking the Law: The Obama Administration's Addresses on National Security Law
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"The Human Face of Big Data," by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, eds.
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Public Service Announcement: Change.org has a petition which asks Google to save Google Reader. It boasts over 145,000 signatures thus far. Just sayin' ---since, you know, Ritika and I depend on Google ... -
Royal United Services Institute Issues "Hitting the Target" Report
The British Royal United Services Institute has issued a report entitled "Hitting the Target? How New Capabilities are Shaping International Intervention." Here's how the organization describes the proje... -
Troubling Visualization of U.S. Drone Campaign in Pakistan
This is sure to satisfy your targeted-killing jonesing for the week: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, a website launched by a company called Pitch Interactive, documents---quite stunningly in visual terms, if ... -
House Judiciary CFAA Bill
The House Judiciary Committee has released a draft cyber bill that would modify the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The bill is on a fast track as the House hopes to have a week of "cyber" legislation in ... -
The ICRC Intercross Blog Series on the Typology of Conflicts
"Intercross," the blog page of the International Committee of the Red Cross, is currently running a series of posts with leading ICRC lawyers and guest commentators on the complex and often vexed questio... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Charlie Savage of the New York Times reports on the hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay. -
FOIA Action Seeking List of GTMO Detainees
In case you missed it: on March 15, attorneys for the Miami Herald's Carol Rosenberg filed this FOIA action against the Department of Defense (h/t Legal Times). Rosenberg's complaint begins as follows: 1. -
New Gallup Poll on Support for Drone Strikes
Ritika linked yesterday to a new Gallup poll on public attitudes towards drone strikes. The results are not surprising, but they are interesting. Americans largely support drone strike against foreign te... -
Congress v. China on Cybersecurity
Stewart Baker points to a provision in Congress’s continuing resolution that is the first serious attempt I have seen to punish (as opposed to rail against) China for its cybersecurity practices. Sect... -
Carter and Pearlstein on Prosecution and Counterterrorism (and the Question of Denied Areas)
Philip Carter and Deborah Pearlstein have posted a thoughtful essay at Foreign Policy that emphasizes the utility of civilian criminal prosecution as a counterterrorism option. I very much agree with th...
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