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The FBI and Technology: Do We Have an Expectation of Privacy?
In a speech last week at the State of Domestic Intelligence Reform conference organized by the Bipartisan Policy Center, FBI director...
Oct 13, 20102 min read
Supreme Court to Consider Cases Involving Invocation of State Secrets
In a 6-to-5 vote last month, a sharply divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit dismissed a lawsuit against Jeppesen DataPlan, a...
Oct 13, 20102 min read
Drones and Domestic Law-enforcement
Drones are moving beyond the theater of war and into the realm of domestic law-enforcement. More and more police forces and government...
Oct 12, 20101 min read
Growing Pains: Iraqis Experience the Disappointment of Politics
Disappointment with electoral politics is nothing new, as America’s midterm elections are beset by criticism of the failures of Democrats...
Oct 12, 20102 min read
General Counsel Announces Reform of Mission and Structure of NATO
NATO was created initially to fend off a European war between the West and the Soviet Union. However, after the fall of the Soviet Union,...
Oct 12, 20102 min read


French Authorities Arrest DRC Rebel Leader
The International Criminal Court French authorities arrested Mr. Callixte Mbarushimana, a leader of the Forces Démocratiques pour la...
Oct 11, 20101 min read
Sanctions and Iran
Last June, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1929 and imposed its fourth round of sanctions on Iran for violating resolutions...
Oct 10, 20103 min read


Japanese Coast Guard Run in with Chinese Vessel Reveals Deeper Problems
A small collection of uninhabited islands off the coast of Taiwan has been a source of friction between Japan and China for over a...
Oct 10, 20103 min read
"Smart Grid" Potentially Vulnerable to Cyber Attack
With the recent popularity of all things “green” has come the idea that the electrical grid itself, needs a makeover. Given the aged...
Oct 8, 20101 min read
U.S. Mollifies Pakistan Over Airstrike
The Obama Administration was alert to give some unusual apologies to the Pakistani government after last week’s helicopter strike on a...
Oct 7, 20102 min read
Terrorists Using Derivatives?
No, not financial derivatives but rather terrorist derivatives—using forms of terrorism to raise capital to fund terrorist activity....
Oct 7, 20102 min read
GAO Denies Tanker Bid Protest
In the latest in what has been a string of high profile developments associated with the U.S. Air Force KC-X Tanker program, the...
Oct 7, 20101 min read
Ecuador unrest continues; state of emergency extended
The war of words between Ecuador’s current government and disgruntled police continues, with President Rafael Correa extending the state...
Oct 7, 20102 min read
UN Security Council to Visit Sudan in Preparation for January Referendum, Skipping Meeting with Pres
A 15-member UN Security Council delegation arrives today in Kampala, Uganda, to focus on preparations before the January referendum...
Oct 6, 20102 min read
Obama to Extend Digital Surveillance
The Obama administration will introduce legislation early next year mandating that all electronic communications providers (including...
Oct 6, 20102 min read
Challenge to the Court of Military Commission Review
Salim Hamdan challenged the eligibility of two of the judges sitting on his Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) panel. The CMCR...
Oct 6, 20102 min read
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act May Change Role of DHS
September 30 marked the deadline for the Department of Homeland Security to award funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment...
Oct 5, 20102 min read
‘German militants’ killed in US drone attack in Pakistan
A United States drone strike has killed at least five German nationals in Pakistan’s tribal belt as part of a rapidly escalating covert...
Oct 5, 20102 min read
'German militants' killed in US drone attack in Pakistan
A United States drone strike has killed at least five German nationals in Pakistan’s tribal belt as part of a rapidly escalating covert...
Oct 5, 20102 min read
A New Dawn: What the Recent Brake in the Impasse Means for Iraq and the Middle East.
According to the Washington Post and various other news outlets, the 7 month stalemate between Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and...
Oct 5, 20102 min read
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