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Avril Haines to Be Deputy National Security Adviser
The Washington Post reports: Avril D. Haines will become deputy to national security adviser Susan E. -
District Court Suppresses Pole Camera Surveillance Footage
Twitter brings news of this interesting little order in United States v. Vargas. The court's opinion was authored by Judge Edward F. Shea and opens: The first duty of government is the safety of its peo... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times is reporting that American officials have concluded North Korea was “centrally involved” in the hacking attacks on Sony Pictures. Privately, Officials also note that the White House ha... -
A Coffee Shop on the Israeli-Al Qaeda Border
The last time I was on the Israeli-Syrian border looking at the ruined Syrian city of Quneitra was thirty years ago. I was fifteen and taking a summer course in Israel. And an Israeli soldier manning a b... -
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #47: An Interview with Joanne McNabb
Our guest this week is Joanne McNabb, Director of Privacy Education and Policy for the California Attorney General’s Office. Joanne discusses the findings and recommendations in the recently released 20... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
In a historic speech, today, President Barack Obama announced that the United States will restore full diplomatic relations with Cuba, opening an embassy in Havana, reviewing Cuba’s designation as a stat... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Mosul on the Mediterranean? The Islamic State in Libya and U.S. Counterterrorism Dilemmas
Editor’s Note: After the United States helped overthrow Muammar Qaddafi in 2011, Libya was put on the back burner of U.S. policy even as its problems mounted. Moments of horrific anti-U.S. violence, like... -
The 2014 Cato Institute Surveillance Conference
Last Friday, the Cato Institute held an all-day conference to explore the questions raised by the growth of government surveillance, the revelations of NSA activities by Edward Snowden, and how these new... -
The Heroism of Effective Logistics: A Dispatch from Kerem Shalom
We witnessed a moving scene today---if the loading and unloading of trucks amid looming concrete security barriers can ever really be moving: A major joint Palestinian-Israeli operation to route goods in... -
Today's Headlines and Commentery
A devastating attack on a school in Pakistan by the Pakistani Taliban has left 145 dead. Nine attackers stormed a military-run school in Peshawar, open to both the children of civilians and military memb... -
The SSCI Report and Its Critics: Torturing Efficacy
Polarization surrounding the SSCI Report (see here for Lawfare’s coverage) has been most pronounced on the efficacy of enhanced interrogation techniques (EITs). The Report and its supporters have proclai... -
DOJ releases six FISC documents on StellarWind
The Department of Justice has released six Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) documents related to the surveillance activities originally initiated by President George W.
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