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Doe v. Cisco: The Legal Issues
Part 1 of this post introduced a set of cases against Cisco Systems, which has been sued for being complicit in the design and implementation of China’s Golden Shield surveillance…
China’s Golden Shield—Is Cisco Systems Complicit?
This is Part I of a series on a case pending in the Northern District of California against Cisco Systems involving the company’s provision of technology to help construct,…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Mar 14–20)
I. Drones & Autonomous Weapons Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Guest Post: Deep Dive: The White House’s New Memo on Drones and Privacy (Monday, March 16) Robert Keohane & Allen…
Killing With Military Equipment Disguised as Civilian Objects is Perfidy
The Washington Post earlier this year revealed US involvement in a 2008 Israeli operation that killed Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyah in a Damascus parking lot. In discussing various…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Mar 7–13)
I. Republican Letter to Iran Robert Howse & Ruti Teitel, Guest Post: Legal Flaws in the 47 Senators’ Letter to Iran (Tuesday, March 10) Marty Lederman, The Cotton Letter…
Peace and Security Means Addressing Social and Economic Rights for Women
As the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women takes places this week, much of the institutional, state, and non-governmental attention will be focused on the enforcement…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Feb 28-Mar 6)
I. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State Harold Koh, Sunset and Supersede: Striking the Right Balance in the AUMF Against ISIL (Monday,…
Case To Watch: Microsoft v. US on the Extraterritorial Reach of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
On Monday, the government will be filing its brief in its case against Microsoft regarding the reach of the government’s warrant authority under the Electronic Communications…
Women We Want to See at This Year’s Aspen Security Forum
The Aspen Security Forum (ASF), the annual alpine conclave of the West’s national security elite, has become known as one of the foremost venues for shaping the dialogue on national…
Jihad, Counter-Terrorism and Mothers
Women have had a limited presence in counter-terrorism discourses. When women come into view during conversations about terrorism they typically do so as the wives, daughters,…
Recap of Recent Posts at Just Security (Feb 21–27)
I. Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) Against the Islamic State Just Security, Just Security Q&A with Rep. Adam Schiff on ISIL AUMF (Friday, Feb. 27) Nathalie…
Judge Pohl’s rebuke of DOD’s unorthodox effort to accelerate the 9/11 trial
[UPDATED at 6:00 p.m. with links to, and some discussion of, DoD rationales and the regulatory amendment itself.] Things have been moving very slowly, to say the least, in the…