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Throwback Thursday: Rewards and Bounties
On January 5, Dominic Ongwen, senior commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army, was captured by Seleka rebels in the Central African Republic (CAR). Subsequently, the rebels transferred Ongwen to the US mi... -
National Security Issues Discussed at Yesterday's AG Confirmation Hearing
Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee began the first of two day-long hearings on the nomination of Loretta Lynch to be the next Attorney General of the United States. -
The Intercept's Invitation to Criminality---and to Intelligence Agencies
The Intercept posted an interesting document yesterday designed to help a certain class of would-be-criminals---leakers of classified information---but which will, I would imagine, interest a different g... -
PCLOB Releases Recommendation Assessment Report
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has released an assessment of the status of each of the Board's 22 recommendations regarding Section 215 and Section 702 programs. More information, inclu... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Members of the Iranian parliament have introduced a bill that would nullify a 2013 interim nuclear deal if any new sanctions---which have already been proposed in the US Congress---are imposed on the cou... -
Bits and Bytes
You go off line for 3 days and so much worth noting happens! Here are some recent developments: DHS Ooops. Responding to a FOIA request regarding Operation Aurora (a Chinese attack on Google) DHS acci... -
Rational Security, Episode #4: "The Cold War is Hot"
The fourth episode of Rational Security, the new podcast Shane Harris is doing with me and Tamara Cofman Wittes, is now out. -
Safe Havens Still Matter
Micah Zenko and Amelia M. Wolf, both with the Council on Foreign Relations, have a new piece in Foreign Policy which argues against the “myth” that safe havens allow terrorists a space in which to flouri... -
Rep. Adam Schiff Introduces Updated AUMF
Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), who serves as the ranking member on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, has released a revised and updated draft Authorization for the Use of Military... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Confirmation hearings for Loretta Lynch, the Obama administration’s nominee for Attorney General, begin today. Lynch, who would replace the oft-maligned Eric Holder, will try to distinguish herself from ... -
"Shane, You Ignorant Slut": A Speech by General Hayden and Stand-Up Comedy from Shane Harris and Me
We will be podcasting both of these events, which took place at a Washington and Lee School of Law symposium on "Cybersurveillance in the Post-Snowden Age" over the weekend. The first is a speech by Gene... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #51: A Debate with Thomas Rid and Jeffrey Carr
Episode 51 of the podcast features a debate on attributing cyberattacks. Our two guests, Thomas Rid and Jeffrey Carr, disagree sharply about how and how well recent cyberattacks can be attributed. Thom...
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