National Security Law Today

The panelists’ recommended articles are: The Fourth Amendment in the Information Age, Robert S. Litt, 126 Yale L.J. Forum 8 (2016). U.S. Commitment to the Privacy Shield Remains Strong, Robert S. Litt, Lawfare, (June 15, 2017). The New Intelligence Sharing Procedures Are Not About Law Enforcement, Robert S. Litt, Just Security, (Mar. 30, 2016). A Way Forward on Section 702 Queries, Elizabeth Goite...

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode: Redacted CIA cables on the existence and destruction of the tapes https://www.aclu.org/files/assets/cia_release20100415_p10-18.pdf CIA acknowledged destruction of tapes in court filing https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/letter-judge-hellerstein-acknowledging-destroyed-cia-interrogation-tapes?redirect=cpredirect/38869 Justice Department...

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode: CIA “Enhanced Interrogation Technique” program Senate report on torture: https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/senate-intelligence-committee-study-on-cia-detention-and-interrogation-program CIA fact sheet: https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2014-press-releases-statements/cia-fact-sheet-ssci-study-o...

The black letter law and articles in this week’s episode are: Op Ed by National Security Adviser John Bolton “The Legal Case for Striking North Korea First” https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-legal-case-for-striking-north-korea-first-1519862374 Op Ed by Richard Cohen “Trump will exit the North Korea summit a failure” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-will-exit-the-north-korea-summit-a-fa...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: Commercial Space Launch Act of 1984 https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-98/pdf/STATUTE-98-Pg3055.pdf Amended 2004 https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/media/PL108-492.pdf National Space Council meeting in FL https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/second-national-space-council-meeting-focuses-on-regulatory-reform-china/ Comme...

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode is: AI winning at Texas Hold Em https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/time-to-fold-humans-poker-playing-ai-beats-pros-at-texas-hold-rsquo-em/ International Humanitarian Law https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/what_is_ihl.pdf Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems at the UN Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons https://www.unog...

Listen to Dina Temple-Raston’s new podcast series What Were You Thinking on Apple Podcasts or Audible at audible.com/adolescentbrain What Were You Thinking Review: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2018/01/17/what-were-you-thinking-is-a-podcast-parents-need-to-hear/?utm_term=.23e91cbd0416 US Department of Justice statement on charging Abudullahi Yusuf: https://www.justice.gov/usao-m...

The black letter law and articles discussed in this episode: AI outpaces lawyers in reading contracts https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2018/03/19/ai-outpaces-lawyers-in-reviewing-legal-documents-new-study-finds/ The problems with using AI to set parole https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/us/politics/sent-to-prison-by-a-software-programs-secret-algorithms.html Can AI be taught to explain...

Our regular podcasting schedule was interrupted by Winter Storm Toby this week. Please enjoy this rebroadcast of our conversation with Lindsay Rodman on national security in the Arctic. The black letter law discussed in this episode is: The Antarctic Treaty https://www.state.gov/t/avc/trty/193967.htm UN Convention on the Law of the Sea http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_o...

The ABA resources and events discussed in this episode are: The U.S Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook, 2017 Edition https://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=254096631 The Sourcebook of Public-Private Partnerships for Security and Resilience https://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=286274864 The ABA Cybersecurity Handbook: A Resource for...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: George Washington University Space Policy Institute https://spi.elliott.gwu.edu/ Center for Space Policy and Strategy http://www.aerospace.org/policy/ OECD Study Space 2030: Tackling Society’s Challenges https://www.keepeek.com//Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/economics/space-2030_9789264008342-en#page1 Dr. Hertzfeld’s TED talk “Who Owns The Moon” h...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: Cybersecurity Executive Order https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/presidential-executive-order-strengthening-cybersecurity-federal-networks-critical-infrastructure/ Cyber Readiness Index 2.0 https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/cyber-readiness-index-20 Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI) https://obamawhitehouse.a...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: Primer on International Humanitarian Law https://www.icrc.org/eng/assets/files/other/what_is_ihl.pdf The major principles of IHL https://casebook.icrc.org/glossary/fundamental-principles-ihl Artificial Intelligence winning Texas hold ‘em https://www.geekwire.com/2017/libratus-ai-program-bested-professional-poker-players-no-limit-texas-holdem/ CCW...

Thank you to guest moderator Harvey Rishikof. The black letter law discussed in this episode is: Office of Foreign Assets Control https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/Office-of-Foreign-Assets-Control.aspx International Traffic in Arms Regulation https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/regulations_laws/itar.html Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (2017) http://www.veriz...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ261/PLAW-110publ261.pdf Minimization Procedures ( https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3718776/2016-Cert-FISC-Memo-Opin-Order-Apr-2017-1.pdf ) Upstream and Downstream communications https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/statements/2017-04-28-702-statement.sht...

The black letter law discussed in this episode: Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (reforms post WorldCom and Enron) https://www.sec.gov/about/laws/soa2002.pdf Arthur Andersen LLP vs. United States 544 US 696 (2005) https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/04-368 DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/page/file/937501/download SEC Evaluations of Corporate Compliance...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: The Antarctic Treaty https://www.state.gov/t/avc/trty/193967.htm UN Convention on the Law of the Sea http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm NASA data on summer ice melt https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/end-of-summer-arctic-sea-ice-extent-is-eighth-lowest-on-record http://nsidc.org/arcticseaice...

The black letter law in this episode is: Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/international/Pages/Committee-on-Foreign-Investment-in-US.aspx Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) http://www.dss.mil/isp/foci/foci_info.html Executive Order 11858 establishing CFIUS https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executiv...

The black letter law and links in this episode: The ABA Cybersecurity Handbook, 2nd Edition https://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=280127783&term=cybersecurity HIPAA Security Regulations https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/laws-regulations/index.html Presidential Policy Directive 21 https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/pre...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: Nuremburg and Tokyo Tribunals https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nuremberg International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia http://www.icty.org/ International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda http://unictr.unmict.org/ International Criminal Court Rome Statute https://www.icc-cpi.int/nr/rdonlyres/ea9aeff7-5752-4f84-be94-0a655eb30e1...

This is Part II of our conversation with Steven Pelak. The black letter law in this episode is: National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008, Pub. L. 110-181 § 1083 https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-110publ181/pdf/PLAW-110publ181.pdf Justice for US victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act, 34 U.S.C.§ 20144 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/34/20144 Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, Pub. L. 10...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, Pub. L. 104-132, §221 (1996) https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-104publ132/html/PLAW-104publ132.htm Addition of Terrorism Exception to FSIA, 28 USC §1605(a)(7) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/1605A Justice for US victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Act, 34 U.S.C.§ 20144 https://www.law.cor...

Thank you to Advisory Committee Chair Harvey Rishikof for appearing in this episode. The black letter law discussed in this podcast is: Foreign Spies: Stealing U.S. Economic Secrets in Cyberspace (2011 ONCIX report) http://www.thecre.com/fisma/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Foreign_Economic_Collection_2011.pdf Economic Espionage Act, 18 U.S.C. §1831-1832: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/183...

The black letter law discussed in this episode is: The International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Documents/ieepa.pdf Export Administration Act http://legcounsel.house.gov/Comps/eaa79.pdf Arms Export Control Act https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2010-title22/html/USCODE-2010-title22-chap39.htm Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty https://ww...

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