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Bits and Bytes
While the rest of the world is watching the Supreme Court's final decision day of the year, it's been a busy time in the cyber world as well. Herewith seven (!) bits and bytes of interest, in no particu... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
The New York Times reports this morning that weeks before Blackwater guards massacred 17 civilians at Bagdad's Nisour Square in 2007, the State Department abandoned an inquiry into the security contracto... -
Suing the President for Executive Overreach
President Obama has exercised executive power aggressively – as did his predecessor, albeit in different ways. I don’t have time to parse and compare the differences, but in a nutshell (and simplifying ... -
ODNI Declassifies Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities
On Thursday, Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper released the Statistical Transparency Report Regarding Use of National Security Authorities for Calendar Year 2013. The introduction reads:... -
What The Court Didn't Say in <em>Riley</em> May be the Most Important Thing of All
The Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Riley v. California that searching a cell phone requires a warrant is groundbreaking---and is, as everyone says, a great step forward for privacy. The decision i... -
Moderate Syrian Rebel Application Form
From the Borowitz Report at the New Yorker. Pretty excellent. -
Blue Force Tracker
For those who follow events relating to armed conflict, including the laws of war, there is a new resource available -- Blue Force Tracker. BFT is an app now available free download on the Apple or Goog... -
The Foreign Policy Essay: What's in a Name? Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Domestic Radicalization
Editor's Note: The war in Syria has attracted volunteers to fight from around the world, including from the United States. Although senior U.S. officials have warned of this threat, the legal foundation ... -
The Lawfare Podcast, Episode #81: Suzanne Maloney on Iran
All roads lead to Iran---at least in the news these days. There's the nuclear talks, which are coming to a head. There's common interests between the United States and the Islamic Republic in the conflic... -
Khatalla Transitions from Military to Civilian Custody
[Update: A colleague writes in to say that Khatalla may have been in "civilian" custody, formally speaking, all along. That may be; I recall a statement after the capture to the effect that the raid wa... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
The week began with the Department of Justice’s release, under a Second Circuit court ruling, of a redacted version of an Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) memo that outlined the government’s justification f... -
The US Intervention in Iraq Involves More than the 300: Armed Drones Above, Armed Contractors Below?
I'm surprised this hasn't generated more attention: First, an article in the New York Times yesterday mentioned, right at the very end, the possibility that in addition to the 300 special operators heade...
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