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The Bombs in the Mail: What We Know
UPDATE: A suspect has been arrested and is in FBI custody. The full criminal complaint is available here. -
The Lawfare Podcast: András Pap on Viktor Orbán and the Decline of Hungarian Democracy
Last week while traveling in the United Kingdom, Benjamin Wittes met up with András Pap, a Hungarian scholar of constitutional law. Pap is a professor with Central European University’s Nationalist Studi... -
Water Wars: Pence Accuses China of Domestic Interference and Warships Have Close-Call in South China Sea
In a speech delivered on Oct. 4, Vice President Mike Pence escalated the Trump administration’s rhetoric against China. At the Hudson Institute, Pence warned that Beijing represents the greatest strategi... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The United States Cyber Command is engaging in its first cyber-operation against Russia with the goal of protecting U.S. elections, reports the New York Times. Cyber Command is reportedly targeting indiv... -
Saudi Arabia Under Political Pressure after Pushing False Narrative on Khashoggi’s Death, New Scrutiny on Draconian Policies on Dissent, Jordan Ends Lease Agreement with Israel
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Twitterlaw and the Khashoggi Killing
In this episode’s interview we ask whether the midterm elections are likely to suffer as much foreign hacking and interference as we saw in 2016. The answer, from Christopher Krebs, Under Secretary for N... -
Bridging State-level Cybersecurity Resources
In the run-up to November’s midterms, state governments across the U.S. find themselves at the forefront of the national-security debate around safeguarding our elections. It should come as no surprise t... -
An American Perspective on a Chinese Perspective on the Defense Department’s Cyber Strategy and ‘Defending Forward’
Last week, Lawfare published an article from Lyu Jinghua, a former colonel in the People’s Liberation Army, titled “A Chinese Perspective on the Pentagon’s Cyber Strategy: From ‘Active Cyber Defense’ to ... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Surveillance images released by Turkey reveal that a person who flew into Istanbul from Saudi Arabia left the Saudi consulate wearing journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s clothes shortly after Khashoggi’s disapp... -
The Khashoggi Murder: How Mohammed Bin Salman Underestimated International Law
After days of stonewalling, Saudi Arabia has now admitted its involvement in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. But it remains unclear what led Prince Mohammed bin Salman t... -
The Week That Will Be
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Facebook’s Role in the Genocide in Myanmar: New Reporting Complicates the Narrative
Members of the Myanmar military have systematically used Facebook as a tool in the government’s campaign of ethnic cleansing against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority, according to an incredible piece o...
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