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Hackback Is Back: Assessing the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act
The “hackback” debate has been with us for many years. -
The Prophylactic Executive Privilege
Two seminal events have occurred in recent days in the ongoing oversight war between the House of Representatives and the Trump administration—and in the ongoing expansion of the doctrine of executive pr... -
OLC Opinion on Treasury's Refusal to Provide Trump Tax Returns
The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) has released an opinion supporting the Treasury Department's refusal to comply with a congressional request for President Trump's tax returns. The O... -
National Security Law Podcast: Who’s Ron Swanson?!?
And we are back, after a one-week hiatus, with loads of national security law debate and discussion, not to mention some Grade B frivolity! On tap for Professors Vladeck and Chesney: -
Untangling the Yemen Arms Sales Debate
Over the past several weeks, a new front has opened up in the legal fight over U.S. support for the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen: the president’s authority to pursue arms sales. For months, c... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said U.S. intelligence agencies attributed the recent attack on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman to Iran, the New York Times reports. A video released Thursday night by... -
Today’s Headlines and Commentary
Two oil tankers caught fire after suspected attacks early Thursday morning near the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for the global oil trade. The crews, forced to abandon ship, were picked up by Iranian r... -
NATO’s Ukraine Challenge
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on Order from Chaos. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Brussels on June 4 and 5, where he met with the leadership of the European Union and ... -
Entering the Third Decade of Cyber Threats: Toward Greater Clarity in Cyberspace
Over the course of just a few decades, the world has entered into a digital age in which powerful evolving cyber capabilities provide access to everyone connected online from any place on the planet. Tho... -
Livestream: HPSCI Hearing on the National Security Challenges of Artificial Intelligence, Manipulated Media and Deepfakes
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will host a hearing entitled "The National Security Challenge of Artificial Intelligence, Manipulated Media, and ‘Deepfakes’" at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday... -
Rational Security: The 'Utterly Shaneless' Edition
Shane is off gallivanting elsewhere, so we wiped our bitter tears and did a show without him. Sophia Yan—yes, that Sophia Yan—phoned in from a Chinese airport on her way to Hong Kong to talk about ongoin... -
Memo to Democrats: Stop Talking About Prosecuting Trump
Kamala Harris taught a master class this week in how not to address the question of accountability for President Trump, declaring to the NPR Politics Podcast that she favors Trump’s indictment and prosec...
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