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Users Weigh in on What Database the PLA Should Hack Next
The results are in. Lawfare's “Name that Database” contest is now closed. All we can say is that Lawfare readers are a remarkably creative—and scary—bunch of folks. Some of these ideas are really qui... -
Another Arrest of a U.S. Citizen Allegedly Inspired by ISIL to Plot an Attack
Matt Apuzzo and Michael Schmidt had a piece in the New York Times yesterday discussing the Justice Department's shift towards aggressive and early intervention in cases involving suspected ISIL followers... -
White House Responds to Petition to Pardon Edward Snowden
Today, the White House released a response to a petition to pardon Edward Snowden. The original petition, filed on June 9th, 2013, has received 167,954 signatures and reads: Edward Snowden is a nationa... -
HFAC Hearing on Iran Deal
Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of the Treasury Jack Lew, and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz provided testimony on the Iran nuclear deal today before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. You... -
The Best US Database to Hack? A Lawfare Contest
Yesterday, each of us considered the question of which unclassified databases in the U.S. would be worth it for the Chinese to hack next. In writing these pieces, we realized that this is what the milita... -
A Public Split: Listening to the Conversation at Aspen
What the Aspen Security Summit brought this year were strong words by former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff and former Director of the National Counterintelligence Center Michael Leiter ... -
Other Unclassified Databases the Chinese Are Probably Stealing
Here are several other unclassified government databases the PLA should target—and that our intelligence community might give some thought to protective. -
Understanding the Limits of Sanctions
Editor’s Note: Sanctions are increasingly America’s foreign policy instrument of first resort, promising success without the bloodshed that comes with military force. Iran’s willingness to cut a deal ove... -
This Week's Motions Hearing in Al Hadi
A programming note from Lawfare HQ: for the rest of this week, Lawfare unfortunately won't be almost-live-blogging pre-trial motions litigation in the military commissions case of United States v. Abd al... -
Iran, Sanctions, and the Illusion of a Better Bargain
Even the most vehement critics of the Obama administration’s agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear capabilities, among them Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Senator Tom Cotton, no longer advance ... -
The U.N. Security Council's Resolution on the Iran Deal
Earlier today, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution supporting the recently concluded nuclear deal with Iran. The resolution creates the mechanism though which Iran will ... -
Hearing This Week in the Al Hadi Military Commissions Case
A whopping two weeks of court time earlier had been reserved for pre-trial motions in United States v. Abd al Hadi al Iraqi---but not all of it will be filled with proceedings in the Guantanamo courtroom...
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