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Cybersecurity Legislation and Common Sense – Still Waiting for the Two to Meet

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project at 1:25pm
During the past two weeks, we’ve been highlighting cybersecurity and the dangers that various legislative proposals pose to our civil liberties. Read More

Cybersecurity Myths: Beware the Hype

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project & Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, Speech, Privacy and Technology Project at 10:01am
Much current cybersecurity discourse is inspired by a vivid and compelling image: terrorists remotely taking over dams, nuclear power plants or other critical ... Read More

CISPA: It Ain't Cyber-Pretty

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project at 12:38pm
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives is scheduled to begin debating the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, authored by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and ... Read More

Guantánamo Plea Deal Tainted by Torture

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project at 12:42pm
Former CIA prisoner Majid Khan has pled guilty and agreed to testify against other Guantánamo prisoners in exchange for a sentence of no more than 19 years. Read More

Holes in GOP Guantánamo Report Only Highlight the True Problems

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project at 1:59pm
The republicans on the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations released a report today rehashing old accusations about Guantánamo ... Read More

Guantánamo Chief Defense Lawyer Orders His Attorneys: Don't Agree to Monitoring

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project at 5:12pm
Ten years on, Guantánamo authorities are back to their old tricks, throwing up roadblocks to fair trials. Read More

Injustice at Guantánamo: Past and Present

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project at 10:38am
Wednesday marks 10 years since the prison at Guantánamo Bay opened. Former detainee Lakhdar Boumediene tells the harrowing tale of the 7 1/2 years he spent ... Read More

The Machinery of Death: Witness to Al-Nashiri’s First Guantánamo Hearing

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project at 1:25pm
Yesterday, the man accused of planning the 2000 U.S.S. Cole bombing appeared before the world for the first time, nine years after his capture, at a military ... Read More

The Road to Death at Guantánamo

By Zachary Katznelson, National Security Project at 4:28pm
This week, we start down the dark path to a possible execution in Guantánamo. Read More
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