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Sound Recommendations on Digital Evidence and Law Enforcement
Professor Jennifer Daskal and Will Carter of the Center for Strategic and International Studies have written a terrific report, “Low- -
The Lawfare Podcast: Kennedy, Kavanaugh, and the Future of National Security Before the Supreme Court
Justice Kennedy's resignation and the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his replacement promises to usher in a new era of the U.S. Supreme Court, not least in the areas of foreign relations and nati... -
The Cyberlaw Podcast: Defending Against Deep Fakes with Lifelogs, Watermarks … and Tatts?
In our 227th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker interviews Bobby Chesney (@BobbyChesney), who recently co-authored a paper with Danielle Citron (@DanielleCitron) titled, “Deep Fakes: A Loomin... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
According to satellite imagery, North Korea appears to be dismantling a key missile launch site, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Sohae Satellite Launching Station has served as Pyongyang’s primary l... -
Water Wars: China Crashes the Party at the Rim of the Pacific Exercises
The 26th biennial Rim of the Pacific naval military exercises, the largest international maritime exercises in the world, kicked off in and around Hawaii on June 27 with one participant notably absent. T... -
Revoking Security Clearances—A Short Update
Yesterday, Bradley Moss penned an excellent explainer of how the security process works and how revocation of security clearances are handled. In particular he explained how one Supreme Court case, Depa... -
Reading Between the Lines on House Efforts to Impeach Rod Rosenstein
Reports that a group of House conservatives—led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus—are advocating the impeachment of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein have been ... -
Norms and ‘Unwritten Rules’ Facing the Special Counsel in a Trump Presidency
When Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 12 Russian intelligence agents on the eve of the Helsinki summit, former attorney general Michael Mukasey smelled a rat. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, M... -
Trump Administration’s Iran Strategy Overshadowed by Bellicose Rhetoric
Hostile Rhetoric Escalates Between Trump Administration and Iran -
This Week at the Military Commissions: Majid Khan and the “Cluster Covfefe”
Quiet since September 2016, the military commission for Majid Shoukat Khan, a low-level al-Qaeda operative who pled guilty to all charges filed against him in 2012 and is cooperating with the government,... -
Launch Event: Low-Hanging Fruit: Evidence Based Solutions to the Digital Evidence Challenge
Tomorrow morning (Wednesday, July 25), from 8-10 am, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse -- along with DOJ’s former Assistant Attorney General for National Security, David Kris and DOJ’s former Principal Attorney... -
The Innovation-Security Conundrum in U.S.-China Relations
If one defines technology as anything that extends human capability, it takes only a short logical leap to conclude that nearly any advantage in technological capability over a competitor entails potenti...
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