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Given that it's December 29, it's not much of a promise to say that this will be my last fundraising solicitation post of the year. That said, I promise. But I wanted to remind those of you who had not y...
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On the night before Christmas eve, the National Security Agency quietly released hundreds of surveillance-related documents, some of which describe the inadvertent targeting of U.S. citizens. We’ve begun...
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Having started this series of posts by focusing on the aspect of the SSCI's report on which the committee majority is strongest---the program's brutality---I want to turn now to the aspects of the commit...
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The latest issue of the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative reviews the most important maritime security developments in Asia in 2014. AMTI’s expert analysts also look ahead, highlighting what they arg...
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Jane beat me to it ... This is a really bad movie. The only thing worse than watching a bad movie out of a sense of patriotic obligation is doing so with the intent of writing a scathing review, only t...
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This morning the Associated Press reported that South Korea, Japan and the United States will be signing their first three-way intelligence-sharing pact as part of an effort to address the growing North ...
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On December 23, the NSA released a set of redacted reports detailing “intelligence activities . . . that [it has] reason to believe may be unlawful or contrary to Executive order or Presidential directiv...
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This season makes me think of the story of the Christmas truce of 1914 in the trenches of the Western Front. With warm wishes to all of of Lawfare's readers and especial thanks to those of our readers wh...
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Three years ago, Lawfare broke the important news that CIA branded gear at the CIA's gift shop was being imported from, of all places, Pakistan. Now, just in time for your last-minute holiday shopping, c...
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Forget North Korea. Forget the Islamic State. Forget the Iranian nuclear program. I want to tell you about my exchange with Edward Snowden---and the amazing things he seems to have said in it.
The excha...
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By now, we are all familiar with the attribution problems inherent in cyberspace. Notwithstanding, I have been provisionally willing to accept the FBI's assertion of North Korean responsibility for the ...
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The Islamic State has captured a Jordanian pilot, participating in the U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State. His plane reportedly “went down” during a mission conducted near Raqqa in northern Syri...
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The attribution problem makes it very hard for the public to know if North Korea in fact attacked Sony, the precise damage Sony suffered, and the party responsible for the (apparent) counter-attack in No...
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You can put this lawsuit against Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras and others in the "no hope" category. According to Tech Dirt:
Horace B.
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MEMORANDUM TO DIRECTOR, BUREAU OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION
From: BoFT Safety Inspectors
Re: Auto-mobile Issues
Date: Circa 1910
We write with concern regarding the safety of the newest tr...
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Yesterday, North Korea lost access to the internet. The blackout, while limited in scope due to the meager nature of the DPRK’s network, comes after US President Barack Obama suggested that the United St...
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Earlier this month, the Justice Department issued revised Guidance for Federal Law Enforcement Agencies on the Use of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, National Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation, or Gender Ide...
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The New York Times reports:
WASHINGTON — The State Department envoy who negotiates detainee transfers from the military prison at
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Following President Obama’s announcement that the US would begin normalizing relations with Cuba, questions immediately arose on the possible extradition of Joanne Deborah Chesimard, also known as Assata...
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The New York Times is reporting that the entire North Korean network is off line as of right now. No information at all on the cause. Here is the opening from the article:
North Korea’s already tenuou...
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