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CBP: Give Us Your Social Media
According to the BBC, the US Customs and Border Patrol has published a Federal Register notice that would change the terms of entry for visitors to the United States arriving under the Visa Waiver Progra... -
Rethinking the Doctrine of Homeland Security – Reflections on Orlando
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New Material Support Indictments, Same Old Story
Last week, the FBI arrested an 18-year-old as he boarded a Greyhound bus in Indianapolis, according to the Justice Department’s press release. The complaint charges Akram Musleh with providing material s... -
Disappointing DOD Inspector General Report on Pre-Publication Review
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California Terrorism Update
Yesterday in the Central District of California, Muhanad Badawi and Nader Elhuzayel—two men from Anaheim—were convicted by a federal jury of conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State. A... -
John Carlin on "Detect, Disrupt, Deter: A Whole-of-Government Approach to National Security Cyber Threats"
Assistant Attorney General John Carlin, who runs the Justice Department's National Security Division, has a new paper out in the Harvard National Security Journal entitled "Detect, Disrupt, Deter: A Whol... -
Another Material Support Suit Against Social Media Companies
Last week saw another lawsuit filed against social media companies for alleged materially supporting terrorists by providing service to ISIS. -
U.S. Attribution of China’s Cyber-Theft Aids Xi’s Centralization and Anti-Corruption Efforts
Since I have been a skeptic of the US-China agreement last fall on state-sponsored commercial cyber theft to benefit local firms (most recently here), I should acknowledge the new report by Fireye that c... -
The Life Cycle of an FBI Terrorism Investigation
Following a terrorist attack, questions unavoidably arise as to whether the FBI did enough to prevent it. It is not only the press speculating, the FBI is asking itself the same questions—the Inspection ... -
Lessons from Fort Hood and Asking the Right Questions in Orlando
It is still the early days following the events of Orlando. It is possible that, as facts emerge, it will be clear that there was nothing more the FBI could have done to prevent the attack. However, ther... -
Terror Watch Lists and Adverse Action
In the wake of the Orlando shootings, many have suggested that the presence of Omar Mateen on the terrorist watch list is grounds for ... well, lots of things, ranging from denying him a firearms purchas... -
Reflections on Secrecy and the Press from a Life in Journalism
PDF version Though I have been a journalist for most of my career, my experience with overclassification and the vagaries of declassification began in 1969 during an eighteenmonth stint running a subcom...
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