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Well, not really. But you know that a trend is going against the NSA when the American Bar Association offers a course entitled, "The Ethical Implications of NSA Surveillance." According to the the ABA...
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All eyes remain locked on the Crimean Peninsula. On Sunday Russia sent an estimated 6,000 troops into the region, according to the New York Times, prompting President Obama to rally allies and embark on ...
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As a follow up to my post of yesterday about cyber in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, here is another thought from Admiral (Ret.) James Stavridis, the former commander of NATO. In his view NATO should:
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Russian forces have seized control of Crimea and reportedly are digging trenches in the land bridge that connects Crimea with the rest of Ukraine. Is this a flagrant violation of international law regula...
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As the world watches the slow-motion catastrophe that is happening in Crimea and the Ukraine and wondering how it will all play out on the ground, many in the cyber community are asking a different quest...
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Addressing an American public skeptical of U.S. military intervention in Syria, President Barack Obama noted, “In that part of the world, there are ancient sectarian differences.” Indeed, religious confl...
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Last Tuesday, a panel of Brookings foreign policy experts came together to discuss the "state of the international order." The event, and a companion Brookings report, focused on international coordinat...
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As the week began, Lawfare’s focus was on the courts.
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Ben Emmerson, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, has released a report in the course of his investi...
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When last we debated the Government’s legal authority to kill an American terrorist overseas, some big-ticket questions had to do with proof: exactly how much evidence would be required before executive ...
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In his first public appearance since his ouster last Saturday, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych announced at a news conference in Russia that he intends to "keep fighting for the future of Uk...
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Another tidbit from the NYT story Ben just flagged:
It is unclear what Mr. Obama’s position is on whether Mr. Shami should be targeted. American officials said that as part of the new rules ordered by Mr.
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The New York Times has the answer---sort of:
WASHINGTON — He is known as Abdullah al-Shami, an Arabic name meaning Abdullah the Syrian. But his nom de guerre masks a reality: He was born in the United S...
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I haven't watched these two speeches from the RSA conference yet, but Paul tells me they are both worth seeing:
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The Guardian reports, based on more Snowden-leaked files, that the NSA assisted British intelligence services in intercepting and storing webcam images of millions of internet users not
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Lawyers love a good fight on definitions, and debate about the § 215 metadata program has raged on the meaning of the statutory language, “relevant to an authorized investigation.” Critics link complian...
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Federal law criminalizes the reentry of a “military . . . installation” after having been ordered not to do so by “any officer or person in command.” 18 U.S.C. § 1382. But does that criminal prohibit...
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The chief prosecutor in United States v. Al-Nashiri, Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, spoke at Guantanamo Bay today on the many pre-trial motions in the case. The introduction is below and you can view the full ...
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This is from a real Egyptian government web site, that of the State Information Service.