Read the original article: The U.S. Will Exit The Open Skies Treaty and It’s Unclear Why Russian air force members pose for a photo after landing at Travis Air Force Base for an Open Skies visit, Oct. 2012 (U.S. Air…
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Can Trump Use the Insurrection Act to Deploy Troops to American Streets?
Read the original article: Can Trump Use the Insurrection Act to Deploy Troops to American Streets? Protestors stand across from police officers in riot gear near the White House on May 30, 2020. (Flickr/Geoff Livingston, https://flic.kr/p/2j7pFRB; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)…
Can Congress Work Together to Calm the Country?
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The Ayabmuk World
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Cybersecurity Lessons From the Pandemic, or Pandemic Lessons From Cybersecurity
Read the original article: Cybersecurity Lessons From the Pandemic, or Pandemic Lessons From Cybersecurity Personnel of the 624th Operations Center conduct cyber operations in support of the command and control of Air Force network operations and the joint requirements of…
What Trump’s Announcement on Hong Kong Could Mean
Read the original article: What Trump’s Announcement on Hong Kong Could Mean President Donald J. Trump and President Xi Jinping meet at the July 2017 G20 Summit in Germany (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead/https://flic.kr/p/W1AL1L/Public Domain) President Trump announced…
Riots, White Supremacy and Accelerationism
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The Cyber Budget Shows What the U.S. Values—And It Isn’t Defense
Read the original article: The Cyber Budget Shows What the U.S. Values—And It Isn’t Defense A U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. prepares for a command cyber readiness inspection. (DoD photo by Senior Airman Franklin R. Ramos, U.S. Air Force, https://flic.kr/p/jD9Atv;…
Congress Should Investigate the Trump Administration’s Coronavirus Response
Read the original article: Congress Should Investigate the Trump Administration’s Coronavirus Response President Donald Trump meets with the governors of North Dakota and Colorado, May 2020 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, https://flic.kr/p/2j2eRXJ; Public Domain, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) Congressional investigations can…
Will Trump’s Executive Order Harm Online Speech? It Already Did.
Read the original article: Will Trump’s Executive Order Harm Online Speech? It Already Did. President Donald J. Trump meets with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the Oval Office in September 2019, Washington D.C. (Official White House Photo by Joiyce N.…
Using a Terrorism List to Squeeze Cuba and Venezuela
Read the original article: Using a Terrorism List to Squeeze Cuba and Venezuela U.S. officials including Secretary of State John Kerry meet with Colombian diplomats in Havana, Cuba, on March 21, 2016, in advance of Colombian peace talks. Photo credit:…
The Specter of FISA Reform Haunts Capitol Hill
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The Justice Department’s Unconvincing Explanation for Its Reversal on FISA
Read the original article: The Justice Department’s Unconvincing Explanation for Its Reversal on FISA Attorney General William Barr addresses a crowd from a Department of Justice press conference, with Assistant Attorney General John Demers in the background Feb. 2020 (https://www.justice.gov/entity-popup/file/1246966/Public…
Canadian Judge Dismisses Meng Wanzhou’s Application to End Extradition Hearings
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‘Jihad’ as a Universalist Project in Comparative Perspective
Read the original article: ‘Jihad’ as a Universalist Project in Comparative Perspective PDF Version. A review of Darryl Li’s The Universal Enemy: Jihad, Empire, and the Challenge of Solidarity (Stanford University Press, 2019). *** Studies of “jihadism” have proliferated since…
What to Make of Secretary Pompeo Decertifying Hong Kong Autonomy
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Years of Dereliction Has Left the PLO Facing Annexation Without a Plan
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The German Constitutional Court Nixes Foreign Surveillance
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The End of German Espionage: The Constitutional Court’s BND Act Case
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: Has Apple opened a new legal front against the FBI—without telling it?
Read the original article: The Cyberlaw Podcast: Has Apple opened a new legal front against the FBI—without telling it? Our interview is with Mara Hvistendahl, investigative journalist at The Intercept and author of a new book, The Scientist and the…
What Hard National Security Choices Would a Biden Administration Face?
Read the original article: What Hard National Security Choices Would a Biden Administration Face? Former Vice President Joe Biden speaking at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in August 2019. (Flickr/Gage Skidmore, https://flic.kr/p/2h46nqc; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) No one can predict…
Mapping the China Debate
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The Deterrent Threat of a Vetoed War Powers Resolution
Read the original article: The Deterrent Threat of a Vetoed War Powers Resolution President Trump signs an Executive Order placing further sanctions on Iran in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian) On May 6, President…
China’s Failed Pandemic Response in Africa
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Beijing Announces National Security Legislation Targeting Hong Kong
Read the original article: Beijing Announces National Security Legislation Targeting Hong Kong The first session of the 13th National People’s Congress in 2018. (Source: Official Voice of America photo, https://tinyurl.com/y74e342u) Beijing Announces National Security Legislation Targeting Hong Kong China announced…
A Tribute to Charles A. Allen
Read the original article: A Tribute to Charles A. Allen The Department of Defense. (Official Air Force photo by Sr. Airman Perry Aston) Today marks 20 years since Chuck Allen became the Department of Defense’s deputy general counsel for international…
Why Is NSO Group Asserting Sovereign Immunity in WhatsApp Litigation?
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Tribute to Charles A. Allen
Read the original article: Tribute to Charles A. Allen The Department of Defense. (Official Air Force photo by Sr. Airman Perry Aston) Today marks 20 years since Chuck Allen became the Department of Defense’s deputy general counsel for international affairs.…
Reexamining the Solarium Commission’s Proposal for a National Cyber Director
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U.S. Policing After Wave One of COVID-19
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Developing Coronavirus Vaccines and Treatments Cooperatively and Not Competitively
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Bans on Foreign Equipment in U.S. Critical Infrastructure
Read the original article: Bans on Foreign Equipment in U.S. Critical Infrastructure President Trump signs the “Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019,” March 12, 2020 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, https://flic.kr/p/2iDNvx1; Public Domain, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) One executive…
No One Should Have the Right to Opt Out of Coronavirus Surveillance
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The Cyberspace Solarium Commission Makes Its Case to Congress
Read the original article: The Cyberspace Solarium Commission Makes Its Case to Congress Capitol During Construction, 2016 (Architect of the Capitol, https://flic.kr/p/KWzx7g; U.S. Government Work, https://www.usa.gov/government-works) During a videoconference on May 13, the Cyberspace Solarium Commission made its case to…
Judge Sullivan Can Reject the Government’s Motion to Drop Flynn’s Case
Read the original article: Judge Sullivan Can Reject the Government’s Motion to Drop Flynn’s Case News media camp out in front of the E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Court House in Washington, D.C. to wait for the arrival of former Trump…
The Cyber Solarium Commission Makes Its Case to Congress
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Legal Issues Implicated By Trump’s Firing of the State Department Inspector General
Read the original article: Legal Issues Implicated By Trump’s Firing of the State Department Inspector General President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at at Osan Air Base, Korea, June 2019 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, https://flic.kr/p/2goENYj;…
Defending the U.S. Military Presence in Africa for Reasons Beyond Counterterrorism
Read the original article: Defending the U.S. Military Presence in Africa for Reasons Beyond Counterterrorism U.S. Air Force Airmen in Djibouti distribute PPE to outstations as preventive measures to COVID-19 ((U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor,…
Legal Issues Implicated By Trump’s Firing of the State Department Inspector General
Read the original article: Legal Issues Implicated By Trump’s Firing of the State Department Inspector General President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at at Osan Air Base, Korea, June 2019 (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead, https://flic.kr/p/2goENYj;…
Defending the U.S. Military Presence in Africa for Reasons Beyond Counterrorism
Read the original article: Defending the U.S. Military Presence in Africa for Reasons Beyond Counterrorism U.S. Air Force Airmen in Djibouti distribute PPE to outstations as preventive measures to COVID-19 ((U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ashley Nicole Taylor,…
Can the Islamic State’s Afghan Province Survive Its Leadership Losses?
Read the original article: Can the Islamic State’s Afghan Province Survive Its Leadership Losses? Afghan Security Forces participate in a training exercise with U.S. Special Forces in eastern Afghanistan in Winter 2019. Photo credit: U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech.…
How Has Russia Responded to COVID-19?
Read the original article: How Has Russia Responded to COVID-19? Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin participates in a government meeting to control the novel coronavirus (Russian Government Official Website/http://government.ru/en/news/39314/CC BY 4.0/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Russia’s early response to the coronavirus pandemic was met with…
Canadian Military Adjusts to Meet COVID-19 Threat
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The House Prepares to Move Forward With Remote Voting
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The House Prepares to Move Forward with Remote Voting
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Some Synthetic Biology May Not be Covered by the Biological Weapons Convention
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Is the Trump Administration Unduly Influencing the Intelligence Community?
Read the original article: Is the Trump Administration Unduly Influencing the Intelligence Community? The Central Intelligence Agency Headquarters in the George Bush Center for Intelligence (CIA Photograph/Wikimedia Commons/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nhb-exterior-020.jpg/Public Domain) To put it mildly, President Trump and the intelligence community don’t…
What’s in a New Bill to “Warn” Americans Downloading Foreign Apps?
Read the original article: What’s in a New Bill to “Warn” Americans Downloading Foreign Apps? Rep. Jim Banks speaks at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference. (By: Gage Skidmore, https://flic.kr/p/kSZzNQ; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/) On April 21, Rep. Jim Banks…
Why the Flynn Interview Was Predicated
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Oral Argument Summary: Supreme Court Hears Trump Financial Documents Cases
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The Senate Proposes Five Amendments to FISA Reform
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Cyber Command Needs New Acquisition Authorities
Read the original article: Cyber Command Needs New Acquisition Authorities Personnel of the 624th Operations Center conduct cyber operations in support of the command and control of Air Force network operations and the joint requirements of the Air Force component…
Supreme Court Oral Argument Preview: Trump Financial Documents Cases
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All’s Clear for Deep Fakes: Think Again
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Assessing Cyber Risk From External Information
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The ‘Shadow Report’ on Commanders’ Prosecutorial Powers Raises More Questions Than Answers
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The Normalization of Trade Security Exceptionalism
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Three Questions on COVID-19 and Digital Technologies
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China’s Balancing Act in Libya
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The Justice Department’s Faulty Arguments in the Flynn Case
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The Justice Department Wants to Drop Flynn’s Case. Can the Judge Say No?
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Did Former Green Berets Violate the 1794 Neutrality Act by Invading Venezuela?
Read the original article: Did Former Green Berets Violate the 1794 Neutrality Act by Invading Venezuela? Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in 2014. (Source: Official Russian Government Photo) Venezuela’s de facto president, Nicolas Maduro, recently claimed that his forces detained two…
Trump Wants Answers on the Pandemic’s Origins. Politicizing Intelligence Won’t Help.
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Protecting the Rules-Based Order at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
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An Ugly Day for the Justice Department
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Does China Really Owe the World Trillions of Dollars?
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Does China Really Owe Us Trillions of Dollars? Reparations for COVID-19 in Light of the Bosnian Genocide Judgment
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Don’t Let COVID-19 Eclipse Election Security Concerns
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Contact-Tracing Apps in the United States
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Immigration Update: Ninth Circuit Rules Against Trump Ban on Uninsured
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Congress Dawdles on Remote Voting
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The Dormant Commerce Clause Can’t Override State and Local Lockdowns
Read the original article: The Dormant Commerce Clause Can’t Override State and Local Lockdowns A sign at Muddy Waters Bar & Eatery in Minneapolis, Minn. reads: "Muddy Waters is closed due to current health crisis until further notice." (Flickr/Tony Webster,…
Senate Subcommittee Examines Viability, Constitutionality of Conducting Senate Proceedings Remotely
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The Israeli Supreme Court Checks COVID-19 Electronic Surveillance
Read the original article: The Israeli Supreme Court Checks COVID-19 Electronic Surveillance Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government authorized the Israeli Security Agency to conduct electronic contact tracing. (Source: Official Government of Russia photo) Can the Israeli executive continue…
Standards Bodies Are Under Friendly Fire in the War on Huawei
Read the original article: Standards Bodies Are Under Friendly Fire in the War on Huawei Huawei's North American offices in 2016 (Open Grid Scheduler/Grid Engine/https://flic.kr/p/GdqxGu/CC0 1.0/https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) On April 14, six Republican senators wrote a letter voicing concern over guidance from…
State Emergency Authorities to Address COVID-19
Read the original article: State Emergency Authorities to Address COVID-19 An Oklahoma Army National Guardsman wipes down surfaces at a long-term healthcare facility. (Source: National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Rebecca Imwalle) The coronavirus has spread to all 50 states,…
Is a Major Change to Military Justice in the Works?
Read the original article: Is a Major Change to Military Justice in the Works? (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel Morse) In the most recent National Defense Authorization Act, Congress directed the secretary of defense to make a recommendation as…
Eleven Questions for Director of National Intelligence Nominee Congressman John Ratcliffe
Read the original article: Eleven Questions for Director of National Intelligence Nominee Congressman John Ratcliffe Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson hosts U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul and John Ratcliffe at DHS’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) in Arlington,…
COVID and Cooperation: The Latest Canary in the Coal Mine
Read the original article: COVID and Cooperation: The Latest Canary in the Coal Mine Members of the U.S. military transport a patient infected with COVID-19 to a field hospital at the Javits Center in New York on April 19, 2020.…
Flynn Redux: What Those FBI Documents Really Show
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The Importance of Equity in Contact Tracing
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Cyber Operations Against Medical Facilities During Peacetime
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Why the Postal Service Is Critical to National Security
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Travails of an Interconnected World: From Pandemics to the Digital Economy
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Challenges to U.S. Sanctions Against Iran During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Read the original article: Challenges to U.S. Sanctions Against Iran During the Coronavirus Pandemic Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin provide an update on Iran policy and sanctions in November, 2018. (Source: U.S. Department of State)…
Travails of an Interconnected World: from Pandemics to the Digital Economy
Read the original article: Travails of an Interconnected World: from Pandemics to the Digital Economy President Trump joins Xi Jinping at the opening of the G20 Japan Summit in 2019. (Source: Official White House Photo by Sheelah Craighead) The novel…
COVID-19, Speech and Surveillance: A Response
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Lawfare Live: COVID-19, Speech and Surveillance
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Another Plan for Foreign Fighters Falls Apart
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