Today’s Headlines and Commentary

FBI agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have mined state driver’s license databases using facial recognition technology, without drivers’ knowledge or consent, writes the Washington Post. Officials from the Department of Homeland Security, the Secret Service and the Transportation Security Administration are expected to testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security in a hearing on the issue on Wednesday.

Former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bosco Ntaganda, was convicted of war crimes—including mass murder, rape and abduction—by the international criminal court in connection with attrocities committed in 2002 and 2003. Ntaganda will be sentenced on 13 counts of war crimes and five counts of crimes against humanity at a later date, reports the Guardian.

The government of Iran announced Sunday that it would increase its nuclear enrichment levels, breaching a limit set by the 2015 nuclear deal. A European Union spokeswoman said the bloc would discuss next steps with other signatories to the deal. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Twitter that the move “will lead to further isolation and sanctions,” according to the Wall Street Journal.

Afghan government officials are meeting with representatives of the Taliban for discussions in Doha, Qatar. U.S. diplomats say the meetings represent progress in the U.S.-Taliban peace negotiations, which have not included representatives from the Afghan government, the New York Times reports.

Grace Meng, wife of the former president of Interpol, is suing the agency for complicity in the disappearance of her husband during a visit to China, Reuters writes. Interpol denied the allegation. She also alleges that the agency threatened her with legal action for speaking out, a charge Interpol similarly denied.

In leaked diplomatic cables dating from 2017 to the present, British ambassador to the U.S., Sir Kim Darroch criticized the Trump administration, calling the President “inept” and “insecure” and warning that his administration might collapse, according to the Post. Trump responded to the ambassador’s comments, originally leaked by the Daily Mail, by saying that Darroch “has not served the U.K. well.” British Prime Minister Theresa May’s spokesman asserted that May has “full faith” in the ambassador, yet does not agree with his assessment of Trump, says the BBC.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, leader of Greece’s center-right New Democracy party, defeated current Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in a landslide electoral victory on Sunday, reports the Times. Mitsotakis’ party secured almost 40 percent of the vote and 158 seats in the country’s 300 seat Parliament.

British Airways faces a £183 million ($230M) fine from the U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office for a security breach to its systems last year that compromised 500,000 customers’ data, the BBC says. It is a record penalty under GDPR.

ICYMI: Last Weekend on Lawfare

Omar Rahman offered his view on the recent Trump administration proposal for economic development in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, writing that it provides an opportunity for Palestine to do more than simply reject the plan by instead developing a realistic alternative.

Jen Patja Howell shared the latest edition of the Lawfare Podcast, in which Benjamin Wittes spoke with Dan Byman to discuss his latest book, “Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad.”

Kim Cragin assessed the effectiveness of Western security agencies at preventing homegrown violent extremist plots.

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