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Cybersecurity Regulation -- How Significant is the Threat?
Some time ago I began an answer to Jack Goldsmith on why I thought cybersecurity regulation was the wrong answer to our current cyber problems. Other commitments, including paying clients!, got in the w... -
House Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing on "National Security Leaks and the Law"
Next Wednesday at 10 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building, the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the House Judiciary Committee will be holding a hearing on "National Securi... -
And Now For Something Completely Different
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The U.K.'s Independent Reviewer
Ben asks an interesting question about the effectiveness of the British independent reviewer. I didn't have a chance to meet Mr. -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Some important stories have surfaced in the past few days. On Tuesday, the U.S. and Pakistan reached an agreement to reopen the supply lines along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, which have been closed... -
David Anderson on British Legislative Developments
The other day, David Anderson, the U.K.’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, dropped by Brookings to talk with me about legislative proposals in Britain for a Closed Material Proceeding in ci... -
July 17 Constitution Project Event on Boumediene's Legacy
For those D.C.-area Lawfarers interested in continuing the conversation Ben, Bobby, and I had in June about Boumediene's legacy (or lack thereof), the Constitution Project is hosting what promises to be ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The story of the day is that the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, aka the Dronemaker Club, has released a "Code of Conduct" (the quotation marks are theirs, not added by me to incr... -
No Remand in ACLU FOIA Appeal
A three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit (Judges Tatel, Garland and Griffith) has rejected the CIA's motion to remand in ACLU v. -
US-China Cyber Dialogue
Two think tanks -- one from China and one (CSIS) from the US have been conducting a dialogue on cybersecurity over the past several years. This joint release (English at the bottom) summarizes some of t... -
All Together Now: All 9/11 Accused Now Agnostic About Severance
Reviewing the docket in United States v. -
FOIA Request Reveals National Security Letter Templates
The Wall Street Journal and Ars Technica report on some very intersting results of a FOIA request for information on the "national security letters" that the FBI sends to tech companies to get informatio...
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