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Jack has already offered a number of thoughts on the indictment yesterday of 5 Chinese PLA members for cyber espionage. Let me offer a few additional thoughts that pick up on some of those threads:
If...
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Why did the USG indict Chinese military officers for cybertheft? It knows that there is no practical chance of convictions (because, among other reasons, the defendants will never appear in the United S...
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A remarkable development out of a grand jury in the Western District of Pennsylvania: five named members of the Chinese military have been indicted for economic cyberespionage. Details from the DOJ pres...
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Recent flare-ups in the South China Sea, including provocative moves by China to put a huge oil rig in waters also claimed by Vietnam and the Philippines’ challenge to China over its maritime claims, hav...
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Editor’s Note: The conflict in Syria has attracted an unprecedented number of foreign fighters, with Muslims streaming in from the Arab world and Europe to take up arms against the regime of Bashar al-As...
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The other day both Bobby here and Ryan Goodman at Just Security here picked up on news reports that DOD may be willing to provide additional military cooperation (including logistics and direct fire capa...
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Two reasons often given for the need to transfer targeting killing by drone from CIA exclusively to DOD are (i) collateral damage reduction, because DOD supposedly has stricter targeting criteria and bet...
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It seems likely that Chief Justice Roberts will author the much-anticipated opinion in Bond v. United States. This comes as no surprise. The Chief Justice has assigned much opinion-writing in close and/o...
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For those who are still wondering why the Obama administration has not followed through on the idea of shifting all responsibility for drone strikes from CIA to JSOC, this story from Ken Dilanian of the ...
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"I believe that killing an American citizen without a trial is an extraordinary concept and deserves serious debate," writes Sen. Rand Paul in an oped in the New York Times this morning. "I can’t imagine...
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Editor’s Note: Yemen is among the most vexing allies the United States has in the struggle against terrorism. Like Pakistan, the government in Sana’a is both a key partner and part of the problem. On the...
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We have written previously about the decision by the Department of Commerce (through the NTIA -- the National Telecommunications and Information Administration) to transition control of the Internet Assi...