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The Early Edition: August 9, 2016
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA The Syrian…
Chemical Weapons Use Returns to Syria
This post is the latest installment of our “Monday Reflections” feature, in which a different Just Security editor examines the big stories from the previous week or looks…
The Early Edition: August 8, 2016
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. IRAQ and SYRIA Syrian rebel…
The Presidential Policy Guidance for targeting and capture outside Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria
Kudos to the ACLU for having compelled the government to release a fairly modestly redacted version of the May 2013 Presidential Policy Guidance, which “establishes the…
Recap of Recent Posts on Just Security (Aug. 1- 5)
I. Cybersecurity, the DNC Hack, and Privacy Jennifer Daskal and Andrew K. Woods, Congress Should Embrace the DOJ’s Cross-Border Data Fix (Monday, Aug. 1) Ido Kilovaty, The…
Today’s Important Deadline in the ACLU’s Targeted-Killing Transparency Case
Today, more than three years after President Obama announced that he had issued a classified “Presidential Policy Guidance,” commonly known as the PPG, meant to govern the…
The Early Edition: August 5, 2016
IRAQ and SYRIA The Islamic State may have captured up to 3,000 civilians fleeing Iraqi villages yesterday, subsequently executing 12 of them, the UNHCR – the UN’s refugee agency…
Cybersecurity, Elections, and Critical Infrastructure at Home and Abroad
In the last few days, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Homeland Security Advisor Lisa Monaco have both suggested that in the wake of the DNC hack, the United States…
The Early Edition: August 4, 2016
IRAQ and SYRIA Assad regime forces backed by Russian airstrikes have captured hills and villages on the outskirts of southwestern Aleppo from rebel groups, according to the UK-based…
Towards a Cyber-Security Treaty
The Democratic National Convention (DNC) leaks revealed last week have presumably reminded many Americans to the severe cyber-threats this country is facing. Particularly alarming…
The DNC Hack and Democracy
Last Tuesday, Jack Goldsmith published a remarkable series of tweets about the apparent Russian hack and publication of confidential DNC emails on the eve of the Democratic…
The Early Edition: August 3, 2016
Before the start of business, Just Security provides a curated summary of up-to-the-minute developments at home and abroad. Here’s today’s news. LIBYA Another round of US…