The House of Representatives has passed the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, by a vote of 288-127.  This happened after several amendments were adopted (most notably one offered by ...

Financial resources for terrorist groups probably should get more attention here at Lawfare than we give it.  We know that interdiction of terrorist financing has been utterly crucial as a tool of counte...

In this short video, Lord Martin Rees---the British astrophysicist and cosmologist--gives a brief and elegant statement of the problem Gabriella Blum and I have been writing a book about: the disseminati...

This evening, President Obama nominated Avril Haines to be the next Legal Adviser of the State Department. Avril currently serves Deputy Counsel to the President and Legal Adviser to the National Securi...

Michael J. Glennon, of Tufts University, has an important new piece out entitled "The Dark Future of Cybersecurity Regulation."  It's a realistic view, in my judgement, of the prospects of international ...

That's the word on the street, the military judge having granted the defense's request for a continuance. In seeking a delay, lawyers for the five defendants had expressed concerns about information tec...

This morning's opinion in Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum concludes that the presumption against extraterritoriality applies to claims brought under the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), and that nothing in th...

It was a busy day on the House side in Cyber.  The House Rules Committee reported out the Cybersecurity Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act for consideration on the House floor tomorrow.  Meanwhile t...