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New Tech and National Security Law – 3D Printing
For those who haven’t been following along, this recent story about 3D printing of plastic guns should be a revelation. 3D printing is one of those technologies where the reality is fast outrunning our... -
Cyber and the NDAA
Congress is in recess now (that's why it's so quiet here in Washington) and when they return the first order of business for the Senate is to take up the 2014 NDAA. The bill, authorizing activities of ... -
How Does the President's Policy on Lethal Force Apply in Yemen Today?
Long War Journal reports an airstrike on three AQAP fighters in Hadramout, Yemen, earlier today. By LWJ's count, this would be strike number 23 for the year (suggesting 2013 might fall short of 2012's h... -
Senate Hearings on bitcoin
Two hearings in one week on bitcoin. On Monday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a hearing on virtual currencies. Panel I Jennifer Shasky Calvery (Testimony) Directo... -
Readings: Christine Fair, "Drones, Spies, Terrorists and Second-Class Citizenship in Pakistan - A Review Essay"
Georgetown University political scientist C. Christine Fair has been a leading voice in challenging much of the conventional wisdom about the nature of conflict in Pakistan, including the role of US dron... -
Criminal or Political Protestor?
Jeremy Hammond was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday. That's the maximum sentence he could have gotten for his plea of guilty to a single instance of hacking a computer. Readers of this blog wi... -
Building a Grenade with Materials Purchased After Airport Security
Great. Just great. The explosion is not all that impressive, but I sure wouldn't want to be on an airplane when it happened. More information available here from the aptly-named site, Terminal Cornu... -
My Senate Testimony -- The NSA and Transparency
I testified on Wednesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law. The hearing was on the Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013 -- a proposal by Senator Fr... -
Lavabit -- The Government's Response
Earlier, I noted the Lavabit appeal filing in the Fourth Circuit. Today the government filed its reply brief. A summary of the argument: Lavabit appeals a contempt order from the district court. But in... -
FAA Releases Two Key Documents on Domestic Drones
Today, the Federal Aviation Administration released two key documents bearing on the coming integration, on a broad scale, of drones into our national airspace. One is the so-called "Roadmap," a forward... -
SSCI Approves Intelligence Authorization Bill for FY2014
The legislation, which the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday approved by a 13-2 vote, can be found here. The Committee's press release sums up the bill and can be found here. There's al... -
Cybersecurity and the Least Cost Avoider
Over the past month, Jane Chong has written a series of posts published over at Security States that go under the title “Bad Code.” Her thesis (amply documented) is that those who write software code ge...
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