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What War in the Cyber Age Looks Like. "To the young Syrian rebel fighter, the Skype message in early December 2013 appeared to come from a woman in Lebanon, named Iman Almasri, interested in his cause. ...
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In this week’s episode, our guest is Rebecca Richards, NSA’s director of privacy and civil liberties. We ask the tough questions: Is her title an elaborate hoax or is she the busiest woman on the plan...
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A law the government cites as authority for the bulk collection of millions of Americans’ communications records---Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act---expires unless Congress extends it by Memorial Day week...
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Following the beheading of Japanese reporter Kenji Goto by the Islamic State, McClatchy informs us that the fate of captured Jordanian pilot Moaz al Kasasbeh remains unclear---though, per the BBC, ISIS c...
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Today's document details the implementation of reforms that the President announced a little more than a year ago. For background on the directive, Lisa Monaco's statement from the White House is here.
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I'm going to let this exchange on Twitter this morning speak for itself.
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Next Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the D.C.
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Obama reiterated in his State of the Union address that he is committed to closing Guantanamo: "Since I’ve been President, we’ve worked responsibly to cut the population of Gitmo in half. Now it is time...
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Last week, a harsh new set of Iran sanctions legislation sailed through the Senate foreign relations committee by a vote of 18-4. The legislation, written and introduced by Senators Mark Kirk and Robert ...
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In an interview this week, President Obama said that terrorism does not pose an existential threat:
What I do insist on is that we maintain a proper perspective and that we do not provide a victory to th...
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That question has taken on new significance after the Paris terrorist attacks, which have stoked fears that militants in Europe might exploit the Visa Waiver Program (VWP)—under which citizens of 38 coun...
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) executed Kenji Goto, a Japanese hostage, over the weekend. The Los Angeles Times reports on the atrocity. The Atlantic tells us more about Goto’s life and ...
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Event Announcements (More details on the Events Calendar)
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Editor’s Note: Whether it is the war against the Islamic State or threats to Israel’s security, Americans have strong and often wildly different views about the Middle East and the U.S. role there, and w...
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On Tuesday, January 27, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission released a staff report on cybersecurity and the Internet of Things.
Although as a staff report, the report has no binding authority on anyone,...
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General Michael Hayden, former Director of both the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency, gave the keynote address last weekend at Washington and Lee School of Law's symposium on ...
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The Washington Post and Newsweek report that the CIA in 2008 worked with Israel’s Mossad to kill Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah’s operations chief, in Damascus, Syria. The Post says that Mughniyah “had been ...
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Last week, Ben wrote a piece critiquing both sides of the debate over Guantanamo. This week, Raha Wala responded, arguing that what the detention policy debate is really about, or at least should be abou...
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You'll find it here. Thursday's remarks by Chief Prosecutor Brig. Gen. Mark Martins open:
Good afternoon. This week, the Military Commission convened to try the charges against Abd al Hadi al-Iraqi held ...
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Published by Penguin Press (2014)
Reviewed by Ali Wyne
