-
At the risk of tooting my own horn a bit, I am pleased to announce the publication of "Drones in U.S.
-
This afternoon, Judge Alexander Williams of the District Court in Maryland issued a preliminary injunction against implementation of Section 11 of the STOCK Act, which would require publication of the fi...
-
Like Jack, I was struck by the Defense Science Board’s report on the autonomy of military systems, but it was a different aspect of the report that caught my eye – enough so that I thought it was worth n...
-
The Constitution Project today released a new report titled Recommendations for Fusion Centers: Preserving Privacy & Civil Liberties While Protecting Against Crime & Terrorism. In the wake of the 9/11 a...
-
Here’s a challenge: Can either President Obama or any member of Congress explain why it makes good sense to require 28,000 senior executive officials to post their financial disclosure forms (containing...
-
In a series of posts (here, here, and here) fellow Lawfare blogger John Bellinger has written about the difficulties with the STOCK Act -- what the Washington Post calls a "Laughing Stock." Readers will...
-
I have refrained so far from commenting on this fascinating article by Cato’s Julian Sanchez---to which Raffaela linked yesterday---which outlines a new theory as to how the crisis developed in 2007 that...
-
The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Governing Body this week approved Recommended Guidelines for the Use of Unmanned Aircraft (downloadable here) by American law enforcement agencies...
-
Carrie Cordero, Georgetown’s Director of National Security Studies and a former Justice Department official, writes in with the following ruminations concerning lone wolf terrorist offenders:
No one real...
-
I've been away on business travel this past week and am headed off on vacation next week so blogging for me has been light. But one recent post caught my eye and motivated me to add a quick note:
My co...
-
Yesterday the NYPD unveiled its Domain Awareness System, which aggregates and analyzes existing public safety data streams (including license plate readers and video surveillance camera systems) in real ...
-
A big win for the government today in the Ninth Circuit, in a case exploring the impact of FISA's civil liability provision (50 USC 1810) on sovereign immunity. In a panel opinion written by Judge McKeo...