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“The War on Terror Will Be Ever With Us”
That is the title of Eric Posner’s essay in Slate reacting to Jeh Johnson’s Oxford speech. The first part of the piece roughly tracks some of the points I made last week, but then Eric widens the lens:... -
Readings: Autonomous Weapon Systems and Their Regulation
This Lawfare post serves as a running list of links to articles, documents, or other materials related to the regulation and legal review of autonomous weapons systems (or increasingly automated weapons ... -
George Will on Drones, Assassination, and Targeted Killing
As Ritika already noted, George Will has a column in today's Washington Post about drones and targeted killing. In it, he poses a question lots of people ask about drone strikes and that warrants a momen... -
The NDAA and Cybersecurity
A colleague just pointed this out to me today. Buried in the Senate-approved NDAA is Section 936, which would require the Pentagon to "establish a process" for defense contractors that have classified i... -
DOD-CIA Convergence: The DIA Defense Clandestine Service Initiative Runs Into Trouble
I've been meaning for some time to comment on recent developments impacting the DOD-CIA convergence trend. While much of the attention under this heading understandably focuses on drones, it is importan... -
Syria, Chemical Weapons, and Possible U.S. Military Action
Over the weekend, the United Kingdom joined the United States in warning publicly about Syria’s intentions regarding its chemical weapons. Foreign Secretary William Hague told reporters that the U.K. -
John Dehn on Autonomous Robots and Targeting
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Tom Malinowski Responds on Lethal Autonomous Systems: Part II
After responding yesterday to Matt and Ken on lethal autonomous robots, Human Rights Watch's Tom Malinowski now takes aim at my critique of his group's report on robots with autonomous lethal capability. -
Readings: Matt and Ken on "Law and Ethics for Robot Soldiers"
I linked earlier to this new article in the course of critiquing Human Rights Watch's report on "killer robots," but it's worth separate notice. -
DHS Cybersecurity Authorities
One of the things that has struck me about the debate concerning cybersecurity legislation is that we don't have a really good baseline of existing legal authorities for the protection of cyberspace. Sl... -
A Second Drone War Won By Cyberattack
Those of you who followed the Lawfare Drone Smackdown will be interested in this post on DIY Drones: We had a a great time at the Drone Games at the Groupon offices in SF today. (They used to be called t... -
Does Human Rights Watch Prefer Disproportionate and Indiscriminate Humans to Discriminating and Proportionate Robots?
I have now read the Human Rights Watch report, "Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots"---which calls for a preemptive ban on "fully autonomous" weapons systems and which Matt and Ken critiqued ...
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