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Did you know that we have not carried out drone strikes in Pakistan since 2013? A story from Ken Dilanian (now at AP) today does a nice job of laying out the many reasons why:
1. Fewer targets ("Many ...
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Two interesting items today:
Shane Harris has a look inside the FBI's efforts to track the Chinese hackers. Here's the intro: "SolarWorld was fighting a losing battle. The U.S. subsidiary of the German...
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The 110-page document was released today, and entitled "Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability." If you care about Big Data, then you will want to read the report.
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One frequently sees the claim that CIA drone operations should be handed over to the military because the military is more transparent. I have frequently disparaged that argument, not because the CIA is ...
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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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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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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 ...
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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...
