In the professional world of Lawfare (national security, homeland security, intelligence, privacy and civil liberties) nobody would doubt the salience of questions of cybersecurity. They seem to resonate across many dimesions and to pose some of the…
This sourcebook is a landmark publication that sets out all the statutes, executive orders, legal issues, and models that are relevant to public-private partnerships. It covers the law as it relates to counterterrorism and non-proliferation, mobility and maritime...
And yet I was reminded of it when reflecting on the first year of the Trump presidency because to separately evaluate conventional benchmarks apart from the extreme transgressions of decency is as impossible a task as asking Mrs. Lincoln to assess…
I am pleased to announce that today I started a new affiliation as a Senior Fellow at the R Street Institute. R Street is a self-described “free-market think tank with a pragmatic approach to public policy challenges.” What does that mean? As they…
The latest instance of “what-aboutism” is the House Republican decision to open an investigation of the Uranium One transaction—the allegation that Hillary Clinton transferred control of 20% of America’s uranium mining output to a Russian company, in…
Key Takeaways Congressional House Republicans have introduced a proposal to make NIST responsible for cybersecurity audits across the government. The idea is flawed in many respects—most especially because asking NIST to do an audit is asking them to…
