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WHOIS Going to Keep the Internet Safe?
An important tool for cybersecurity researchers and law enforcement may be the first victim of Europe’s new privacy law. -
First Detainee Transferred From Guantanamo Under Trump
Earlier today, the Pentagon announced that Ahmed al-Darbi, a Guantanamo Bay detainee who pleaded guilty and cooperated with prosecutors, has been repatriated to his native Saudi Arabia pursuant to the te... -
Can the Presidency Trump a Special Counsel Subpoena?
The special counsel would probably prevail in court—but it is not a sure thing. -
SinoTech: ZTE Fights Export Ban and Xi Outlines Cyber Goals
A Trump administration trade delegation will arrive in Beijing later this week, kicking off the first official negotiations since the White House proposed retaliatory tariffs against China’s tech trade p... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In March, Special Counsel Robert Mueller warned President Donald J. Trump’s legal team that he could issue a grand jury subpoena should the president resist meeting with the special counsel, according to... -
The Game Theory of a Trump Subpoena
The special counsel wants to interview the president. How will it play out? -
The National Security Law Podcast: This Podcast Was Recorded Before, On, or After 9/11
No shortage of topics this week. Join us as we debate and discuss: -
Encryption Policy and Its International Impacts: A Framework for Understanding Extraterritorial Ripple Effects
Encryption technologies play a complicated role in today’s connected, mobile, data-driven world. My colleagues, Herbert Burkert and Urs Gasser, and I have written a paper offering a conceptual framework ... -
European Commission Communication on Disinformation Eschews Regulation. For Now.
Major technology platforms are having a rollicking 2018. In the past week, Facebook alone has been lambasted with questions by a U.K. parliamentary committee investigating fake news; accused of censoring... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Democracy's Morticians: Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt on 'How Democracies Die'
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of the new book “How Democracies Die,” join Benjamin Wittes for a conversation about the conditions under which democracies survive and how American democracy ... -
Neoliberalism and Human Rights
PDF Version A review of Samuel Moyn’s “Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World” (Harvard, 2018). *** -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces is resuming its ground operations against the remnants of ISIS in eastern Syria, the Washington Post reports. The Syrian Democratic Forces is a Kurdish-dominated ...
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