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The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Let’s start this week with famous American expatriate, Edward Snowden, whose interview with NBC’s Brian Williams aired on Wednesday. Ben was "unmoved" by it, pointing to Snowden’s unwillingness to submit... -
"A Debate One Year after Snowden: The Future of U.S. Surveillance Authorities"
We will hold an event at the Brookings Institution a week from tomorrow, which marks the anniversary of the first Snowden disclosures. Lawfare readers will be familiar with the all the participants and t... -
The Week That Will Be
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"No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State," by Glenn Greenwald
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The Foreign Policy Essay: Hamas’s Islamist Foes
Editor’s Note: The United States rightly regards the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Palestinian organization Hamas as a terrorist group, but Hamas is also the de facto government of the Gaza Strip. There ... -
The Week That Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Cybersecurity was front and center on Lawfare this week, with the Department of Justice indictment of Chinese military personnel for cyber espionage. Bobby linked to the DOJ's press release on the matter... -
"The Murder of Guatemala's Bishop Gerardi: Muerte en el vecindario de Dios," by Julie Lopez
Gerardi: Muerte en el vecindario de Dios Julie López F&G Editores (Guatemala City 2012) The Art of Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? Francisco Goldman Grove Press (2007) -
John Carlin's Speech at Brookings on "Defending Our Nation by Prosecuting State-Sponsored Cyber Theft"
Watch the event with Assistant Attorney General John Carlin here: And here are his remarks as prepared for delivery: Defending Our Nation by Prosecuting State-Sponsored Cyber Theft Thanks for that ki... -
Revised Counterinsurgency Field Manual
The revised COIN Field manual is available here. I have not read it but Small Wars Journal has critical commentary by Charles Dunlap, Bing West, Adam Elkus, and -
"Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific," by Robert D. Kaplan
Published by Random House (2014) Reviewed by Ali Wyne -
John Carlin at Brookings
Recently-confirmed Assistant Attorney General for National Security at DOJ, John Carlin, will give an address at Brookings on Thursday afternoon entitled “Tackling Emerging National Security Threats thro... -
Readings: "Ending Perpetual War?" by David A. Simon
David A. Simon, special counsel to the General Counsel, Department of Defense, has posted a new article to SSRN, "Ending Perpetual War? Constitutional War Termination Powers and the Conflict Against Al Q...
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