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News Roundup and Notes: October 1, 2015
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 Russia conducted…
The AUMF, ISIL, and… FOIA?
Earlier today on Twitter, USA Today‘s Brad Heath posted the key paragraphs from DOJ’s denial of his FOIA request for any OLC memos relating to the applicability of…
The Canary in the Coal Mine: Women and Reservations to Post-2015 Development Agenda
Readers may be interested in an update on the advancement of the post-2015 Development Agenda. During its 69th General Assembly meeting this month, a resolution was adopted…
A Proposal to Improve Foreign Law Enforcement Access to US-Held Data
In my last post, I reviewed a number of proposals to reform the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA). These proposals are aimed at delimiting law enforcement access to…
News Roundup and Notes: September 30, 2015
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 President…
The First Case for the ICC Prosecutor: Attacks on Cultural Heritage
Over the weekend, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, announced an arrest in the Mali situation, charging Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi with the…
News Roundup and Notes: September 29, 2015
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 President…
Video from The Going Dark Debate: Just Security’s Second Anniversary
As consumers increasingly adopt encryption tools, government officials have warned of the “Going Dark” problem – the notion that widespread encryption will thwart legitimate…
National Security-Related Congressional Hearings, September 28–October 2
Below is a calendar of congressional hearings on national security matters for this week. Tuesday, September 29, 2015 9:30am – Senate Armed Services – United States Cybersecurity…
A Short (Yet Still Forlorn) Reply in the Taliban Sources Project Debate
It appears from the reply of Shaheed Fatima to my earlier post that the UK’s counterterrorism legislation is engendering ever deeper difficulties in gauging its meaning and impacts.…
The US-China Cyber Agreement: What’s In and What’s Out
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…
News Roundup and Notes: September 28, 2015
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 Russia has…