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Cody Poplin and I shared the Senate Armed Services and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s hearings on worldwide threats. And I also summarized the U.S. Intelligence Community’s worldwide threa...
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The United States and Russia have announced agreement on a ceasefire in Syria set take effect next week. The plan will move forward the delivery of much needed aid to besieged Syrian cities.
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In 2006, when the Office of the Director of National Intelligence provided its first "Annual Threat Asssessment" top billing went to the "Global Jihadist Threat." Rounding out the top three concerns, Di...
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On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper provided the annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community to Congress.
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IZMIR, Turkey—“500 to Chios! 450!” shouts Abu Ahmed in the direction of a neighboring table, where a corpulent bald man is deep in hushed conversation with what appears to be a family of refugees negotia...
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I haven't had a chance to watch or listen yet to this recent pair of Brookings panels on the moral and practical problems of the worldwide refugee crisis, but I recommend them very highly because of the ...
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This week on the podcast, Susan Hennessey comes in as special guest. We ask whether things could get worse in Syria? And we decide, "Oh yes!" Meanwhile, the U.S. brings charges against an ISIS member in ...
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Congratulations to my Columbia University colleague Steve Bellovin, who was just appointed as the first Technology Scholar of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (announcement here). I've le...
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Our own contributor, Bruce Schneier, has just posted a survey of the worldwide distribution of cryptograpic systems. The entire report is well worth reading, but for those who need the CliffNotes versio...
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This past week was the quietest in terms of breaking news since Water Wars began nearly five months ago—somewhat surprising, given that only last week the USS Curtis Wilbur conducted a freedom of navigat...
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The National Assembly voted this week to adopt an amendment that would enshrine the state of emergency in the French Constitution and extend denaturalization to dual-nationals born in France who are conv...
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I am delighted to report that the Senate just confirmed NSC Legal Adviser Brian Egan to be Legal Adviser of the State Department.
As I have written before, the Legal Adviser position has been vacant for...
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Concerted efforts to regulate cyber capabilities have borne little fruit, prompting policy makers to look to existing regulatory systems as a basis for action. Established export control systems are ofte...
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Within the U.S. military, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has issued an instruction (CJCSI 3121.01B) regarding “Standing Rules of Engagement”. The focus of this instruction is contained in the...
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I know that many Lawfare readers have been waiting with bated breath—the suspense unbearable—to find out what happens next in my quest for Estonian digital residency.
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Calling South Korea’s decision to suspend operations at the jointly run Kaesong industrial zone a “declaration of war,” North Korea has moved to kick out all South Koreans from the area. Reuters tells us...
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When the Senate Intelligence Committee initially released its Study on the CIA’s Enhanced Interrogation Program in December 2014, the CIA quietly released a Note to the Reader along with its Fact Sheet, ...
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Removing the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) from the State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) would create conditions for greater security cooperation between the United States a...
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As the Russian-backed Aleppo offensive proceeds, State Department official Brett McGurk testified today that Aleppo is on the verge of “a humanitarian catastrophe.” In the face of that catastrophe, alli...
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Yesterday, Susan defended the NSA21 reorganization based on her experience working for the Agency. Her views regarding the roles and incentives of offense and defense might be entirely accurate. But none...