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Top Canadian National Police Official Accused of Violating Secrets Act
On Sept. 13, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)—Canada’s national police service—arrested Cameron Ortis, formerly the director-general of the service’s National Intelligence Coordination Center. Or... -
United Nations Backslides on Human Rights in Counterterrorism
Human rights and counterterrorism have been dramatically politicized and undermined at the United Nations over the past 18 months. In a spate of recent resolutions, the 47-member Human Rights Council (HR... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Has China Opened a Quantum Hype Lead over the U.S.?
Our interview is with Sultan Meghji, CEO of Neocova. We cover the large Chinese investment in quantum technology and what it means for the United States. It’s possible that Chinese physicists are ... -
White House Sought to Restrict Fiona Hill Deposition
The deputy counsel to President Trump responded to a letter from counsel for Fiona Hill, the former Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs for the National Security Council. The White House let... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian military police were patrolling the area between Turkish and Syrian military forces in northwestern Manbij, a city in northern Syria where U.S. troops ... -
Doing Business in China: What the NBA Can Learn from Big Tech
Last week, a controversy in the National Basketball Association (NBA) ignited widespread public conversation about the perils of doing business in China. In a now-deleted post, Daryl Morey, who is the ge... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Chesney, Monaco, McCord, and Rasmussen on Domestic Terrorism
A couple of weeks ago, Lawfare and the Strauss Center for International Security and Law sponsored a series of panels at the Texas Tribune Festival. For this episode, we bring you the audio of our Tribfe... -
No Substitute for the Real Thing: International and Congressional Use of Force Authorizations
Since President Truman’s “police action” in the Korean War, scholars in law and political science have considered the possibility that presidents would attempt to substitute congressional authorization w... -
CISA’s Request for Subpoena Power
Recent stories in Cyberscoop and TechCrunch indicate that the Department of Homeland Security is asking Congress to grant the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) the power to issue ad... -
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been deployed for the first time in years within Kurdish-occupied regions in northern Syria as part of a last-minute deal to counter the Turkish offe... -
NATO Allies Need to Come to Terms With Offensive Cyber Operations
In May 2008, the U.S. Department of Defense and the German Ministry of Defence signed a memorandum of understanding concerning “Cooperation on Information Assurance and Computer Network Defense.” Compute...
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