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With the benefit of historical hindsight a few years from now, we may look back on March 2016 as a turning point in the debate over encryption, surveillance and civil liberties. The new phase of the deba...
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Here's video of my interview last week with General Michael Hayden on his new book, Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. If you missed the live event, we'll also be podcasting...
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The FBI hacks people. What do their warrants look like?
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The next in our series of Hoover Book Soirees will take place at the Hoover Institution's Washington Office will take place March 28, when Jack interviews Adam Segal about his new book, The Hacked World ...
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Judge Merrick Garland has some experience with what he is about to go through: being stonewalled by senators who profess to have nothing against him. Back in 1995, when he was nominated to the D.C. Circu...
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Today, President Obama announced Merrick Garland as his nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States.
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First came the motion to compel Apple to unlock the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters; then Apple's motion to vacate; then the government's opposition to that motion. And now we have Apple's r...
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Charlie Savage’s lede today, as part of a story about the United State’s recent military operations against al Shabaab, brings us all the context we need for today’s news:
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Unexpected but not surprising. This is indeed how I would describe the decision by Putin to withdraw his troops from Syria at this stage. The timing of the decision was surprising to most, including myse...
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Don’t look now but a new front is about to open up in the Second Crypto War. The Hill reports that the encryption legislation being drafted by Senate Intelligence Committee leaders Richard Burr and Diann...
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Only hours ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin made an unexpected announcement, saying that the “main part” of Russian military forces will withdraw from Syria. Putin explained that “the principal task...
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The ICC prosecutor’s office (OTP) has released a new draft policy paper, which includes material relevant for understanding how the office could conduct sensitive future investigations. Specifically, the...
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The United Kingdom is considering its largest overhaul of laws governing electronic surveillance in 15 years. On March 1, the U.K. Home Secretary, Theresa May, introduced the Investigatory Powers Bill, a...
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Le Monde in Paris ran a story a few weeks ago by Luc Leroux reporting on a fifteen-year-old boy in Marseille who attacked a Jew in the street with a machete, and one element of the story cries out for co...
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The rollercoaster ride continues as oil prices reached their highest point in 2016 at $40 per barrel this week — before slipping right back down again.
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Editor's Note: Sanctions on China are again in the air as policymakers look on Beijing's provocative regional policies with dismay. Although many experts argue that sanctions would achieve little and mig...
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This week, the president’s Homeland Security Advisor, Lisa Monaco, made news by announcing that the White House will release long sought data on the U.S. drone program. An important development, no doubt...
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Benjamin Wittes shared a Trans-Atlantic town hall dialogue he participated in with Germans on data privacy.
Daniel Severson flagged how France has moved to require decryption capabilities in a counterte...
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Yesterday, news broke that an Islamic State defector has been disclosing inside information about the terrorist group’s inner bureaucracy. The New York Times shares that German authorities have obtained ...