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The New York Times reports that al Qaeda operative Abu Khalil al-Sudani was killed in an American airstrike in Afghanistan on July 11. He was a senior member of the group’s decision-making council, and a...
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Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
By Michael Oren
RandomHouse (2015)
Reviewed by Yishai Schwartz
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As Congress begins its consideration of the Iran deal, the public debate has become increasingly frustrating. Or more precisely, what is so frustrating is that two distinct debates have thus far been hop...
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If Twitter is to be believed, the Iranian nuclear deal is already creating waves in the Middle East and upending old regional axes. Earlier today, Jacky Hugi, the Middle East editor for Israel’s Army Rad...
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If, like me, you were not invited to this year's Aspen Security Forum, you're probably thinking right now, "Gee, I wish someone would post all the videos of the great events I'm not getting to attend."
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Introduction
“The law of war is of fundamental importance to the Armed Forces of the United States.”
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This morning, Secretary of State John Kerry headed to the Hill to make the case for the Iran deal before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, testifying alongside Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Energ...
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This episode features part 2 of Aaron’s conversation with Don Rassler. If you haven’t heard part 1 you can find it here. This two part series is based on Don’s article, “Situating the Emergence of the Is...
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A recent New York Times article on the cybersecurity posture of the U.S. government (U.S. vs. Hackers: Still Lopsided Despite Years of Warnings and a Recent Push) had the following paragraph:
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The tension was palpable in a meeting yesterday between U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two discussed the Iran Deal, and ways to contain the Isl...
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A programming note from Lawfare HQ: for the rest of this week, Lawfare unfortunately won't be almost-live-blogging pre-trial motions litigation in the military commissions case of United States v. Abd al...
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In the Name of Allah, and peace and blessing be upon the Prophet, and his family and companions.
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Last week, one of us noted Senator Sheldon Whitehouse’s question to Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates asking whether the manufacturers of encrypted devices might be liable civilly if FBI Director James...
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Episode 76 of the podcast features the power couple of privacy and cybersecurity, Peter Swire and Annie Antón, both professors at Georgia Institute of Technology. I question them on topics from the USA F...
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A new deadline appears: one day after the U.N. Security Council formally endorsed the nuclear deal with Iran, Iranian legislators have decided to wait at least 80 days to vote on the deal. The 80-day wai...
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Even the most vehement critics of the Obama administration’s agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear capabilities, among them Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Senator Tom Cotton, no longer advance ...
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This episode features part one of an interview with Don Rassler based on his article “Situating the Emergence of the Islamic State of Khorasan,” for the CTC Sentinel. This part of the conversation covers...
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Last week, we published our handy summary of the historic nuclear agreement reached between world powers and the Islamic Republic of Iran. As we read and reread the deal, we realized that one of the prim...
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New details are emerging about 24-year-old Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez, the Kuwaiti-born man who opened fire on two military sites in Tennessee, shooting seven people and killing five U.S. service members.