Rational Security: The "Are You There, Nena? It's Me, NORAD" Edition
This week on Rational Security, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined once again by host emeritus Benjamin Wittes to talk through the week's various freak-outs, including:“We Found the 100th Luftballon....
12 Feb 20231h 12min
Lawfare Archive: The Future of CFIUS
From June 2, 2018: The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) plays an essential role in advising the president on how to exercise his or her authority to block foreign investmen...
11 Feb 20231h 15min
The World Crisis and International Law
International law has been under significant stress in the last decade as a result of global populism, the rise of China, the war in Ukraine, and the challenges of the pandemic, climate change, and cy...
10 Feb 202357min
Alex Iftimie on the DOJ Disruption of the Hive Ransomware Group
On January 26, the Department of Justice held a press conference to announce its months-long disruption campaign against the Hive ransomware group that has targeted more than 1,500 victims in over 80 ...
9 Feb 202332min
A Jan. 6 Committee Staffer on Social Media and the Insurrection
The Jan. 6 Committee released its final report on December 22, 2022—the capstone of a year and half of investigative work. But while the report is 800 pages, there’s a lot that it doesn’t include. The...
8 Feb 202356min
The Hacker's Mind
How does computer hacking work? When is it good, and when is it bad? And what does it have to teach us about law, politics, and inequality? These are some of the questions that Bruce Schneier, a well-...
7 Feb 202351min
It's Not Too Late to Deter China From Invading Taiwan
Last week, the United States and the Philippines reached an agreement to expand U.S. military operations in the Philippines to deter China's increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the So...
6 Feb 202330min
Chatter: M. Todd Bennett on the Secretive Story of the Glomar Explorer
A sunken Soviet submarine. A secret CIA plan to lift it from the bottom of the ocean with a giant claw. And reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. It sounds like the makings of a Netflix series—and it s...
5 Feb 20231h 21min
