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John Carlin's Speech at Brookings on "Defending Our Nation by Prosecuting State-Sponsored Cyber Theft"
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... -
The U.S. Corporate Theft Principle
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. ... -
Schneier on Hoarding v. Patching Vulnerabilities
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... -
More Thoughts on the DOJ China Indictment
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... -
Why Did DOJ Indict the Chinese Military Officers?
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... -
DOJ's Summary of the Charges in the Chinese Economic Cyberespionage Case
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... -
For the Delicious Irony Files
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 ... -
The Intelligence Legitimacy Paradox
I have spent the day, which is not over yet in Palo Alto, at a conference at the Hoover Institution on "Intelligence Challenges." The rules of the workshop, unfortunately, prohibit me from disclosing who... -
Bits and Bytes
Estonian Voting. A new group, Estonia Voting, claims that there are major cybersecurity gaps in the Estonian electronic voting system: “As international experts on e-voting security, we decided to perfor... -
Questions About CIA v. DOD Drone Strikes
Two reasons often given for the need to transfer targeting killing by drone from CIA exclusively to DOD are (i) collateral damage reduction, because DOD supposedly has stricter targeting criteria and bet... -
Tsarnaev and the Inspectors General: a Reply to Michael German
In his response to my earlier Lawfare post on the FBI's investigation of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and a later review of that investigation by various Inspectors General, Michael German misconceives my argument.... -
Drone Almost Collides With Commercial Airliner
So reports the BBC. The incident apparently happened back in March: A drone almost collided with a US commercial flight in March, an official with America's flight regulatory agency has revealed.
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