Europe struck down its data deal with the U.S. Facebook, other companies are in trouble.
Businesses that need to transfer personal data from Europe to the United States are in for a rough time.
Why didn’t the U.S. rebuke Russia for its Taliban bounty deal? Four things to know.
The Trump administration’s response seems unusual, on a number of levels
Contact tracing apps can help stop coronavirus. But they can hurt privacy.
Governments now face trust issues and trade-offs
Foreign hackers have made it harder for the U.S. to prosecute them
The Justice Department dropped charges against these two Russian companies
The coronavirus is expanding the surveillance state. How will this play out?
Improvised tech solutions today may be permanent policies tomorrow.
Why is Trump funding quantum computing research but cutting other science budgets?
The national security implications of this technology may be exaggerated.
Britain’s defense secretary was just fired over Huawei. Here’s what’s going on.
Security fights over 5G phone networks are tearing U.S. allies apart
Is China’s cyberespionage a military game-changer?
There’s no magical shortcut to catch up on the latest weapons tech
Huawei is better positioned to spy on us than we think
The United States shares the blame.
China is reportedly hacking computer motherboards. The economic fallout could be huge.
Update: The Bloomberg story discussed below has been heavily disputed
Today, a new E.U. law transforms privacy rights for everyone. Without Edward Snowden, it might never have happened.
[caption id="attachment_73788" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Former National Security Agency contractor Edward
Forget Congress. Facebook’s real problem is in Europe.
[caption id="attachment_72154" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Founder and CEO of Facebook Mark
Most lawyers don’t understand cryptography. So why do they dominate tech policy debates?
[caption id="attachment_70639" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Fort Meade gate next to the
The Netherlands just revealed its cybercapacity. So what does that mean?
[caption id="attachment_19279" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Media reports from the Netherlands revealed
National security relies more and more on big data. Here’s why.
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Obama used covert retaliation in response to Russian election meddling. Here’s why.
[caption id="attachment_60504" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin meets President
Cybercriminals have just mounted a massive worldwide attack. Here’s how NSA secrets helped them.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/cyberattack-affects-at-least-16-uk-hospitals/2017/05/12/0bdeccf8-373a-11e7-ab03-aa29f656f13e_video.html With the news of a new, June 27th ransomware attack,
When you compare Trump to Nixon, think character not crime
http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/a-historic-day-in-washington-in-3-minutes/2017/06/08/9fa8fd52-4caa-11e7-987c-42ab5745db2e_video.html James Comey’s testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee casts
Don’t believe what Putin is saying about ‘patriotic’ Russian hackers
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Were 2016 vote counts in Michigan and Wisconsin hacked? We double-checked.
[caption id="attachment_59401" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nicole Kirby looks over results during
Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism
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Women don’t cheat as much on their taxes as men do
[caption id="attachment_56929" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg News)[/caption] Taxation is the
Hackers have just dumped a treasure trove of NSA data. Here’s what it means.
[caption id="attachment_56884" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Department of Justice staffers install posters
Republicans claim Trump may have been surveilled through ‘incidental collection.’ What’s incidental collection?
[caption id="attachment_55620" align="aligncenter" width="960"] FBI Director James B. Comey leaves
Sean Spicer just suggested that Obama used British intelligence to spy on Trump. Britain isn’t happy.
In his daily press briefing yesterday, White House press secretary Sean
What the U.S. can learn from its Cold War fight against Kremlin propaganda
In January 2017, James R. Clapper Jr., the director of
5 things we can learn from the Russian hacking scandal
[caption id="attachment_26050" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)[/caption] On Friday, we learned
Here’s how we’ll know if Trump engages in secret surveillance
[caption id="attachment_51255" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President-elect Donald Trump and musician Kanye
The NSA is massively reorganizing itself. That’s going to hurt its credibility
[caption id="attachment_35531" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A snowman with a pretend NSA
Here’s why the activist who started the Safe Harbor fight thinks that negotiations won’t work
[caption id="attachment_35070" align="aligncenter" width="5184"] Activist Max Schrems, standing in front
Here’s how Washington weaponized America’s IT companies and why it backfired
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The Monkey Cage Holiday Gift Guide
[caption id="attachment_33393" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] (Photo: Personal Creations/Creative Commons)[/caption] The holidays
What is it that Homeland understands about international politics but that Robert Kagan simply doesn’t get?
[caption id="attachment_30773" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison in
Here’s how the Facebook case has just transformed the surveillance debate
[caption id="attachment_30358" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Reuters/Dado Ruvic)[/caption] The European Court of
Facebook is at the center of a huge privacy controversy. For once, it isn’t Facebook’s fault.
[caption id="attachment_29866" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Mark Zuckerberg, right, is the founder
Facebook is at the center of a huge privacy controversy. For once, it isn't Facebook's fault.
[caption id="attachment_29866" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Mark Zuckerberg, right, is the founder
The government might still see your phone data – but you won't know it
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The government might still see your phone data – but you won’t know it
[caption id="attachment_25730" align="alignleft" width="226"] National Security Agency document declassified, sort
Why can't Mitch McConnell keep his promises?
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Why can’t Mitch McConnell keep his promises?
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What the USA Freedom Act giveth, and taketh away
[caption id="attachment_24761" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] The National Security Agency
Controversial 2006 estimate of Iraq deaths remains controversial
A colleague pointed me to this article by Nafeez Ahmed,
What's new in the U.S. cyber strategy
[caption id="attachment_23956" align="alignnone" width="620" class="center"] Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right,
What’s new in the U.S. cyber strategy
[caption id="attachment_23956" align="alignnone" width="620" class="center"] Defense Secretary Ash Carter, right,
The new German spying scandal is a big deal
[caption id="attachment_23930" align="alignnone" width="620" class="center"] A coffee mug from the
Why it's so hard to create norms in cyberspace
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Why it’s so hard to create norms in cyberspace
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European privacy policy is not a cynical anti-competitive plot
[caption id="attachment_21955" align="alignnone" width="620"] President Obama waves during the White
Obama says that Europeans are using privacy rules to protect their firms against U.S. competition. Is he right?
[caption id="attachment_21392" align="alignnone" width="620"] President Obama speaks at the White
Effective oversight of the CIA depends on Congress
[caption id="attachment_18907" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (FP PHOTO/SAUL LOEBSAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] In
Why the CIA should want more congressional oversight, not less
[caption id="attachment_18948" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan
Ending Bulk Data Collection: Nice Idea, Wrong Bill
[caption id="attachment_17355" align="alignnone" width="300"] Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., presides over
Minimal minimization? More concerns about surveillance
[caption id="attachment_14510" align="alignleft" width="300"] What rules will Congress give the
The surveillance debate, continued: Another response to the ACLU
[caption id="attachment_14510" align="alignleft" width="300"] The NSA: Domestic surveillance too? (Patrick
Proposed surveillance reforms are weaker than the ACLU suggests
[caption id="attachment_14432" align="alignnone" width="620"] Adm. Michael "Mike" Rogers, director of
Are we getting fooled on surveillance reform? The ACLU responds
[caption id="attachment_14162" align="alignleft" width="377"] President Obama meets with his Privacy
Might Get Fooled Again? — The Senate and Surveillance
[caption id="attachment_13794" align="alignleft" width="296"] Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). (Tom Williams/Roll
Why Germans are angry about U.S. spying
[caption id="attachment_13499" align="alignnone" width="620"] German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during
The case that might cripple Facebook
[caption id="attachment_12164" align="aligncenter" width="620"] (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] An Irish judge
Measurement and management: The VA scandal
[caption id="attachment_11152" align="alignleft" width="300" special=""] The VA scandal shows good
The NSA Freedom Act?
[caption id="attachment_10945" align="alignleft" width="300" special=""] (Larry Downing/Reuters)[/caption] The following is
It’s sometimes okay for democracies to pretend that leaks do not happen
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special="APRIL 13, FILE PHOTO"] Former National
It's sometimes okay for democracies to pretend that leaks do not happen
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special="APRIL 13, FILE PHOTO"] Former National
Five key questions about the European Court of Justice’s Google decision
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Five key questions about the European Court of Justice's Google decision
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The NSA may have exploited Heartbleed. That’s a very, very big deal.
A new article by Michael Riley at Bloomberg makes an
The NSA may have exploited Heartbleed. That's a very, very big deal.
A new article by Michael Riley at Bloomberg makes an
Querying the FISA Queries
The following is a guest post from H.L. Pohlman, the
Snowden-type leaks will force the U.S. to be more transparent
[caption id="attachment_7050" align="aligncenter" width="656"] Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
The political science of cybersecurity II: Why cryptography is so important
[caption id="attachment_6529" align="aligncenter" width="538"] (The Washington Post)[/caption] Most discussion of
How the 9/11 Commission helped Edward Snowden
[caption id="attachment_6438" align="aligncenter" width="228" special=""] (Jason Reed/Reuters)[/caption] The New York
How our partisan loyalties are driving polarization
Thomas Carsey is the Pearsall distinguished professor of political science
The political science of cybersecurity I – why people fight so hard over cybersecurity
[caption id="attachment_5643" align="aligncenter" width="606"] (Ho/Reuters)[/caption] Over the next two months,
Always in Vague
[caption id="attachment_5564" align="alignleft" width="319" special=""] For President Obama, flexibility is
How government officials get scared by unlikely threats
[caption id="attachment_5411" align="aligncenter" width="300" special=""] (Patrick Semansky/AP)[/caption] An article in
Cybersecurity and Cyberwar: A Q&A with Peter Singer
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The not-quite-as-depressing psychological theory that explains Washington
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Congress in the rearview mirror
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Crowd-sourcing American foreign policy
[caption id="attachment_4418" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] (Associated Press)[/caption] This is a
Where's that Team of Rivals?
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The more Americans know about the NSA, the less they like it (or vice versa)
[caption id="attachment_2758" align="aligncenter" width="600" special=""] (Getty Images)[/caption] Amy Zegart of
Our allies' spooks don't just spy on each other. They help each other change the law.
[caption id="attachment_2636" align="aligncenter" width="600" special=""] (Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters)[/caption] The Guardian has
The NSA's top secret Halloween candy seizure plan
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Five things you need to know about the transatlantic wiretap scandal
[caption id="attachment_2211" align="aligncenter" width="600" special=""] (Patrick Semansky/AP)[/caption] Europe is in
The Merkel phone tap scandal paves the way toward E.U.-U.S. confrontation
[caption id="attachment_2109" align="aligncenter" width="600" special=""] (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)[/caption] According to
The U.S. is losing its hypocrisy advantage
[caption id="attachment_1983" align="aligncenter" width="271" special=""] (Associated Press)[/caption] Martha Finnemore and
Will the Media Treat Navy Yard Like Newtown?
This is a guest post by my GW colleague Danny
SWIFT, the NSA and Glenn Greenwald
The most recent Greenwald document release - of a Powerpoint
Around the PoliSci Blogosphere
Gregg Murray Sexcapades at City Hall: Politicians and Bad Sexual Behavior
The NSA and Internet balkanization
Kevin Drum "argues":http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/07/nsa-surveillance-foreign, _contra_ John Naughton and James Fallows, that
The Political Science of PRISM and International Privacy
The "Financial Times":http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dd7dd97c-eed5-11e2-b8ec-00144feabdc0.html has an editorial warning gravely that the
Distinguishing Offense from Defense in Cybersecurity
This _New York Times_ "article":http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/us/resume-shows-snowden-honed-hacking-skills.html?hp about Edward Snowden implicitly highlights
The Oversight of too much Oversight
Below is a guest post from Tobias T. Gibson, an
Question wording and changing attitudes in acceptance of surveillance
John just posted some survey results comparing attitudes about secret
Partisanship in Everything: Views of the NSA’s Domestic Surveillance
From a new Washington Post/Pew survey: The shifting views of
Could There (Finally) Be a Backlash Against Domestic Surveillance?
There has been a lot of conversation about Glenn Greenwald's
Whistleblower vs. Leaker?
I received an email from a Monkey Cage reader that