Rational Security: The "You're Nobody 'til Somebody Hacks You" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Thursday, August 25, 2016, 11:34 AM

The New York Times and maybe the NSA get hacked; you're just not cool anymore unless you're being hacked by Fancy Bear. Is the U.S. turning the tide of the war on ISIS? And October surprises—what could happen between now and the election, and will it matter? We speculate irresponsibly. Plus, I wipe . . . the floor with Vladimir Putin. Tamara is hanging out by the lake.

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The New York Times and maybe the NSA get hacked; you're just not cool anymore unless you're being hacked by Fancy Bear. Is the U.S. turning the tide of the war on ISIS? And October surprises—what could happen between now and the election, and will it matter? We speculate irresponsibly. Plus, I wipe . . . the floor with Vladimir Putin. Tamara is hanging out by the lake. And Susan gets in touch with her inner Mitt Romney and delivers binders full of women to tech policy.

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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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