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A Quick Read of the Post's Latest NSA Story
The Washington Post has a dramatic new NSA story today, one that is qualitatively different from any of the previous Edward Snowden revelations. -
The Foreign Policy Essay: Calculated Caliphate
Editor’s Note: The conquest of Mosul and other cities in Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has alarmed the United States and its allies and electrified the Sunni jihadist community. On M... -
Lawfare Podcast Episode #82: Brad Smith on the Balance of National Security and Privacy
Brad Smith, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Microsoft, recently discussed the future of privacy in an increasingly digital age at a Brookings event entitled, "The Future of Global Technol... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspect allegedly behind the attack on the American embassy in Libya, arrived in Washington this week. Bobby brought us the initial news, while Ben shared the government’s memo re... -
Happy Fourth of July
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Obama’s Blueprint for Fighting Terrorism Collides With Reality in Iraq
That is the title of a NYT story this morning by Landler, Gordon, and Mazzetti. The “Blueprint” they have in mind is the one the President laid out at West Point, which (in their words) "relies less on ... -
The Atlantic Reports that the ACLU Reports that Glenn Greenwald Will Report Bad Surveillance Stuff
Over at the Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf is reporting that Anthony Romero of the ACLU in a speech in Aspen is reporting that Glenn Greenwald someday soon will report that really bad surveillance stuff is... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The final round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group began yesterday in Vienna. According to BBC News, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif announced that though the Islamic Republic w... -
A Taxonomy of Cyber War IHL Questions
I have been asked to write a chapter, tentatively entitled “Law and Warfare in the Cyber Domain,” for the next edition of Moore, Roberts & Turner, eds., National Security Law. As part of that effort, I ... -
A Lawfare Farewell: Ritika Singh
Today is a sad day in the history of Lawfare; it marks the departure of Ritika Singh, our intrepid associate editor. Ritika has been a key part of Lawfare almost from its beginning. She started at the Br... -
The PCLOB on Human Rights & 702: Punt or Long Game?
One of the most eagerly awaited aspects of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board ("PCLOB") report on section 702 surveillance was how the PCLOB would treat human rights issues. In January, 201...
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