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Terrorists attack Brussels in a series of bombings. The FBI tells Apple, “Just kidding!
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President Obama nominates national security lawyer Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court. An American ISIS defector is in Kurdish custody. And major Web sites have been delivering malware to their readers...
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Republican national security experts declare Donald Trump unfit to be president. Who actually actually advises candidate Trump and who would advise President Trump? And President Obama pulls back the cur...
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A New York magistrate judge says the government can’t force Apple to help the FBI extract information from an iPhone. Forty percent of analysts at the U.S. military’s Central Command say the “integrity” ...
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FBI Director Jim Comey bites into Apple. The Obama administration unveils its plan for closing Guantanamo. And the Homeland Security Department will start scouring social media for warning signs of viole...
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If you missed the Triple Entente Beer Summit yesterday evening, more's the pity for you. Three of the podcasts hosted on Lawfare—Rational Security, The Lawfare Podcast, and the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast—g...
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This week on the podcast, Susan Hennessey comes in as special guest. We ask whether things could get worse in Syria? And we decide, "Oh yes!" Meanwhile, the U.S. brings charges against an ISIS member in ...
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Tamara talks about the administration's revamping of its efforts to staunch ISIS recruitment. Shane discusses how the NSA is making the line between cyber attacks and defense even blurrier. And I have a ...
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Tamara considers the Arab Spring five years later. What have we learned about the future of peace and stability in the region? Shane looks into who that mysterious fourth American hostage freed by Iran w...
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Four Americans are freed in a prisoner swap with Iran. Twitter is facing a lawsuit over jihadist messages posted on the site. And Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is cracking down on just about everybody...
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Obama delivers his final State of the Union address; we discuss all of the fun parts related to security and ignore the rest. Iran delivers ten sailors back into U.S. custody after briefly detaining them...
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The Rational Security gang starts the year with our 50th episode. Kim Jong-un says North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb. The Russians may have caused a blackout in Ukraine with a cyber attack. And Presiden...