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Earlier in the week, I wondered aloud about the future of a temporary restraining order, entered by Judge Gladys Kessler and temporarily banning the force feeding of Guantanamo detainee Abu Wa'el Dhiab. ...
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Watch the event with Assistant Attorney General John Carlin here:
And here are his remarks as prepared for delivery:
Defending Our Nation by Prosecuting State-Sponsored Cyber Theft
Thanks for that ki...
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This marks the most significant among many dates set by the Second Amended Scheduling Order, in the military commission case of United States v. Al-Nashiri. The ruling was issued on May 9 (and in respon...
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Last week, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler entered a temporary restraining order in a habeas case filed by Guantanamo detainee Jihad Dhiab. Among other things, and most interestingly, her ruling tempo...
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David Sanger’s piece in this morning’s NYT explores the USG’s attempts to justify cracking down on cyber-theft of intellectual property of U.S. firms while at the same time continuing to spy on non-U.S. ...
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Bruce Schneier has a very good piece on whether the USG should “stockpile Internet vulnerabilities or disclose and fix them.” Part of his answer:
If vulnerabilities are sparse, then it's obvious that e...
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Jack has already offered a number of thoughts on the indictment yesterday of 5 Chinese PLA members for cyber espionage. Let me offer a few additional thoughts that pick up on some of those threads:
If...
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Why did the USG indict Chinese military officers for cybertheft? It knows that there is no practical chance of convictions (because, among other reasons, the defendants will never appear in the United S...
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A remarkable development out of a grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania: five named members of the Chinese military have been indicted for economic cyberespionage. Details from the DOJ pres...
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That's perhaps the most eye-catching feature of this just-issued preservation order from U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler. It reads, in pertinent part:
On April 18, 2014, Petitioner Mohammed Abu Wa’el...
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There are two: a cross-motion to hold Al-Nashiri's habeas case in abeyance, pending resolution of his military commission trial at Guantanamo; and a legal memorandum setting forth the government's argume...
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A report from the cyber underground where most of my Lawfare colleagues don't normally follow: File this one as a delicious irony (or, if you prefer, a delightful irrationality). Many will recall that ...
