The fear of blame is a powerful motivator. As illustrated in “Power Wars” and “The Terror Presidency,” that fear can be particularly acute for officials who work in national security—no one wants to be a...

U.S. and China Initiate Next Round of Trade Talks

A meme has taken hold that President Trump and his circle are comparable to a mafia family, with Trump himself as the “Don.” In his memoir, “A Higher Loyalty,” former FBI director James Comey fleshes ou...

In the heat of today’s debate about the ethics—and possibly anti-democratic effects—of targeted advertising on Facebook and on other internet platforms, it’s easy to forget that this debate about adverti...

Last week, Megan Reiss and I mocked the silliness of the national security adviser John Bolton’s idea to eliminate the cyber coordinator role. Proving that Lawfare has little influence and that the White...

PDF Version A review of Tim Maurer’s “Cyber Mercenaries: The State, Hackers, and Power” (Cambridge, 2018). ***

The military commission in United States v. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed et al. (the “9/11 case”) reconvened for pretrial proceedings last week, meeting in open session on April 30, May 1, and May 3, in additi...

As U.S. Opens Embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli Forces Kill 60 Demonstrators in Gaza

Canada is in the midst of a comprehensive—and long-overdue—reform of its national security institutions and legal authorities.

For almost a decade, the FBI has been stating that law enforcement is “going dark"—meaning it is increasingly unable to listen in to communications and, more recently, to open locked devices in which imp...

In his April 16 post on the similarities between American constitutional and international laws regulating the use of war powers—an analysis similar to but narrower than his 2009 law review article writt...

I am delighted to announce the launch of Sourcelist, a database of experts in technology policy from diverse backgrounds.