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The Internet Backbone as Critical Cyber Infrastructure
It's nice to know that someone is reading these posts. I had a pleasant email from one of the Senior Democratic Aides who I spoke of in my last post. He offered the following, which I quote with his pe... -
The Cybersecurity Carve Out -- Revisited
Two days ago, I wrote about the “great cybersecurity carve out.” My point was that the definition of critical cyber infrastructure in the newly-introduced Senate cybersecurity bill seemed to have an imp... -
Brookings Campaign Event on AfPak
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Let's begin with Iranians blowing things up: Three Iranians were detained in Bangkok yesterday after a series of bombs went off in the heart of the city. Thai officials assert that the bombs were intende... -
Peter Singer Is Not Peter Singer
I hope it is not snarkish to hope that by the time I hit "publish" on this post, the director of the National Constitution Center's "Peter Jennings Project," Todd Brewster, will have corrected his articl... -
Checks and Balances Working Well
In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, seventy percent of respondents (including a majority of self-identified liberal Democrats) said they approve of keeping open the Guantanamo Bay detention facili... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Let's start with the cybersecurity legislative news: As we mentioned yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has introduced the Senate's cybersecurity bill, S. 2105. Read Paul Rosenzweig's analysis ... -
Douglas Cox on Alsabri
Over at the Document Exploitation blog, Douglas Cox of the CUNY Law School has this very interesting post on redactions in the Alsabri Guantanamo habeas case--which was decided at the District Court leve... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #2: Samuel Rascoff on "Official Islam"
Samuel Rascoff, a law professor at NYU, has a fascinating new article out in the Stanford Law Review entitled, "Establishing Official Islam? The Law and Strategy of Counter-Radicalization." As someone wh... -
Military Commissions Charges Sworn Against Majid Khan
The Defense Department today announced that military commission charges have been sworn against Majid Khan, a Pakistani detainee at Guantanamo who used to live in the United States: DOD Announces Charge... -
Information Sharing and the Cybersecurity Act of 2012
Well, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is now available for Senate consideration. A link to the text of the bill can be found here for download. Hearings will be held this Thursday. Weighing in at 205 pa... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
According to the AP, lawyers for underwear bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab say that a mandatory life sentence in his case is "unconstitutional" because there were no casualties--other than Abdulmutallab...
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