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...

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...

John C.

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.

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...

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...

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 ...

Readers of Lawfare must sometimes wonder what all the cyber fuss is about.  How, after all, does cyber conflict occur.  Current events in Syria give a good sense of how conflict is happening.  Here is an...

Here it is ... this version is dated November 21, 2012, so it seems to be the current iteration:  White House Draft Executive Order (Dated 11-21-12).  Analysis to follow .....

You can probably tell that I'm catching up on my reading tonight!  My other offering is this fascinating article on The Hackers of Damascus.  For those who are warriors in our readership, the article off...