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Will the Trump Administration Protect Hard-Won Progress with China on Cybersecurity?
As Presidents Trump and Xi prepare for their first meeting next month at Mar-a-Lago, most early attention has centered on tension points involving Taiwan policy, the South China Sea, North Korea and trad... -
Trump's Social Media Plan: Problematic Law and Policy, Pointless Security
A month ago, the legislative text of “Visa Investigation and Social Media Activity Act of 2017” (VISA Act) was released. The bill requires, among other things, that background checks for visa application... -
The Department of Justice Makes the Next Move in the U.S.-Russia Espionage Drama
Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) released an indictment against four Russians in one of the most significant hacking-related law enforcement actions to date. According to the indictment, t... -
The FBI and I Agree
Last year when I testified in the House Judiciary Committee on the -
Government Indicts FSB Officers and Two Others in Yahoo Hacking Case
A grand jury has released an indictment against four defendants in the Yahoo hacking case, including two Russian FSB officers. The defendants have been charged with hacking, economic espionage, theft of ... -
A Revived CIA Drone Strike Program? Comments on the New Policy
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Gordon Lubold and Shane Harris reported that President Trump “has given the Central Intelligence Agency secret new authority to conduct drone strikes against suspected... -
Cyber-Ops and North Korean Missile Systems: Three Questions
A weekend New York Times story by David Sanger and William Broad disclosed U.S. cyber-operations against the North Korean ballistic missile program. -
The CIA’s No Good, Very Bad, Totally Awful Tuesday
It is now almost Lawfare tradition that when interesting classified technical documents are dumped, I take advantage of my lack of security clearance to do an initial analysis. (I’ll leave for another da... -
Legislative Hackback: Notes on the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act discussion draft
Representative Tom Graves (R-GA) recently released a discussion draft of a bill that would create a defense to liability under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) (18 USC 1030) f -
Proposed Russia Sanctions Legislation
Though there may be plenty of topics about which President Trump and congressional Republicans agree, Russia does not appear to be one of them. The President’s defense of Putin has prompted a cold reacti... -
Cyber Strategy & Policy: International Law Dimensions
Below is a condensed version of the statement I have prepared for my testimony tomorrow before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the international law dimensions of U.S. cyber strategy and policy (l... -
Cybercrime Roundup: Searching and Seizing
In 2014, the Supreme Court held in Riley v. California that there was something different about searching cellphones:
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