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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Interview with Mara Hvistendahl
While the U.S. was transfixed by posturing over the Trump presidency, China has been building the future. Chances are you’ll find one part of that future–social credit scoring–both appalling in principle... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Over the past week, the White House aggressively responded to concerns about President Donald Trump’s mental competency raised by the book Fire and Fury, prompting former chief strategist Stephen Bannon ... -
Steve Bannon Speaks the T-Word
By broaching the T-word, Steve Bannon, the head of Breitbart News and former senior adviser to President Donald Trump, has done the country a favor. -
It’s That Time Again: Is Trump Headed for Another Iran Deal Certification Crisis?
The public has focused on the current wave of protests in Iran and how it might embolden President Donald Trump to fulfill his promise to walk away from the Iran nuclear agreement, officially known as th... -
The President-as-Plaintiff, the Republican Party and the Battering of Norms
President Donald Trump’s resort to threatened litigation against Steve Bannon and the author and publisher of Fire and Fury brought more attention to the book but it did not, and could not, succeed in su... -
The Week That Will Be
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Elections are a Cybersecurity Problem
My good friend, Herb Lin, has suggested that “election interference is not a cybersecurity issue.” His point, with which I completely agree, is that Russia's meddling in the 2016 election was not the pro... -
Virtual Caliphate Rebooted: The Islamic State’s Evolving Online Strategy
Editor’s Note: The Islamic State’s territorial expansion and burgeoning online presence seemed to rise together. As the group lost territory, however, its online presence evolved. Jade Parker and Charlie... -
Haste, Waste and Choice
Four years ago, there was the Heartbleed problem, a common-mode failure among products that were compliant with a particular networking standard—products that were inherently vulnerable to attack by way ... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Through the Looking Glass with Mike Doran, Part II
In Part II of my lengthy conversation with my former colleague Michael Doran, we talk in detail about the Russia investigation. Doran is a Middle East policy specialist, who served in the George W. Bush ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Lawfare began the year with a series of reflections on the state of the Trump presidency. Carrie Cordero examined the developments in President Trump’s relationship with the intelligence community throug... -
On Spectre and Meltdown
I wrote about the Spectre and Meltdown attacks for CNN and my blog. The piece begins: This is bad, but expect it more and more. Several trends are converging in a way that makes our current system of p...
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