Today's Headlines and Commentary

It was such a beautiful day here yesterday in Washington that Headlines and Commentary took the day off. Lots of debate on the cybersecurity legislation, but luckily The Hill is all over this one: on Friday, Facebook defended its support of the House cybersecurity bill. Then, over the weekend, lawmakers began reconsidering whether the Ruppersburger-Rogers bill might be too broad, as those opposed to the bill have been arguing. They have until next week, also known as "Cybersecurity Week," to quell discontent. Members are still quite skittish as a result of the online community's successful toppling of SOPA and PIPA earlier this year. Yesterday, a software industry group met with those opposing the bill, and later yesterday news surfaced that the House Intelligence Committee will be making changes to the bill. The changes include a different definition for a "cyber threat" to eliminate any reference to intellectual property infringement as well as the requirement that DHS be given access to all information that is ultimately shared with the government. The changes would also allow individuals and companies to sue if their information is mishandled by the government. Read the full amendment here. The Haqqani network's synchronized attacks on Sunday showed to many military and intelligence officials that the group is more sophisticated than originally thought, write Eric Schmitt and Alissa Rubin at the New York Times. Australia will be withdrawing from Afghanistan one year ahead of schedule, reports Matt Siegel at the New York Times. That FOIA lawsuit brought by the New York Times and the ACLU in search of the Anwar Al Aulaqi memo is apparently getting in the nerves of U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon of the Southern District of New York. She permitted another extension in the government's response, but was not terribly happy about it. Josh Gerstein at Politico tells us that she scribbled on the front of her her extension order about the government's contention that the delay was caused by security issues: "If government officials can give speeches about this matter without creating security problems, any involved agencies can." Pakistan is working with China to build drones of its own, reports Public Radio International. Peter Finn at the Washington Post writes on details about FBI terrorism sting operations that have come out in connection with the arrest of Khalifa Ali al-Akili. Michael Hastings at Rolling Stone is adding his own two cents to the conversation about how drones have altered warfare. For more interesting law and security-related articles, follow us on Twitter, visit the Georgetown Center on National Security and the Law’s Security Law Brief, Fordham Law’s Center on National Security’s Morning Brief, and Fordham Law’s Cyber Brief. Email us noteworthy articles we may have missed at wakeman.lawfare@gmail.com and  singh.lawfare@gmail.com.