by Paul Rosenzweig | May 12, 2016 | Cybersecurity, National Security
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) will, in its current form, come up for reauthorization in 2017. Broadly speaking, the Section 702 program targets non-U.S. persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Feb 11, 2016 | Artificial intelligence, Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, National Security
In 2006, when the Office of the Director of National Intelligence provided its first “Annual Threat Asssessment” top billing went to the “Global Jihadist Threat.” Rounding out the top three concerns, Director Negroponte mentioned the then-ongoing…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Feb 8, 2016 | Cybersecurity, National Security
In connection with today’s budget roll-out, President Obama has announced a National Cybersecurity Plan. Highlights of his national action plan include the following: In connection with today’s budget roll-out, President Obama has announced a…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Sep 3, 2015 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
A debate is currently raging between FBI Director James Comey and much of the technology community over whether law enforcement should have some sort of special access, which has been called a backdoor, into encrypted communications and data.[1] In…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 30, 2015 | Cybersecurity, Homeland Security, National Security
The results are in. Lawfare’s “Name that Database” contest is now closed. All we can say is that Lawfare readers are a remarkably creative—and scary—bunch of folks. Some of these ideas are really quite spectacular. The results are in. Lawfare’s “Name…
by Paul Rosenzweig | Jul 26, 2015 | Cybersecurity, National Security
Ben’s list of unclassified databases for the Chinese to steal is just too much fun not to follow up. At the risk of piling on, here are a few more that a good Chinese spy ought to look at: Ben’s list of unclassified databases for the Chinese to steal…
