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Judge raps NSA | Top 100 influencers | Terror stats

A U.S. District Court judge finds that the NSA’ phone metadata gathering appears to violate the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. (Politico)

Defense News has a list of the …

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0 commentsDecember 16, 2013Must-Reads

Rewrite the AUMF | No split for NSA/CYBERCOM | Better mobile tools

Charles E. Berger says it’s time to rewrite the AUMF. (National Interest)

The White House rejects the arguments for un-dual-hatting NSA and CYBERCOM, at least for now. (Washington Post)

Sea change at …

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0 commentsDecember 13, 2013Must-Reads

Let CYBERCOM stand alone

Let CYBERCOM stand alone

By Rob Sheldon

Over the past few months, numerous commentators have weighed in about the future of the National Security Agency-US Cyber Command (CYBERCOM) relationship. The impending retirement of Army Gen. Keith …

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0 commentsDecember 4, 2013Features

Fanning the flames of COIN | Land warfare in A2/AD | Plans vs. planning

Mark Stout draws together various threads of the recent COIN debate, and urges more. (War On The Rocks)

Just a reminder: “Plans are worthless but planning is everything.” Richard Fontaine puts the …

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0 commentsDecember 3, 2013Must-Reads

ISO Mideast strategy | SOF hunts Kony | Flipflop over NSA

ISO Mideast strategy | SOF hunts Kony | Flipflop over NSA

Dan Drezner tries to discern a grand-strategy approach to the Middle East, and lays out a few things he hopes the administration and DoD strategists are taking into consideration. (Foreign Policy)

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0 commentsOctober 29, 2013Latest

How to think about DoD’s budget choices | Split NSA/CyberCom? | CBO on USN

How to think about DoD’s budget choices | Split NSA/CyberCom? | CBO on USN

CSBA’s Todd Harrison crunched the numbers and found that, if history is any guide, the budget levels prescribed under sequestration are likely a ceiling, not a floor. That suggests, he said at …

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0 commentsOctober 25, 2013Latest

Post-Western strategy | How to tackle the QDR | NSA’s conflicting missions

This piece by Robert A. Manning is a bit longer than the ones we usually link to, and more generally about global problem-solving than military action. Yet “U.S. Planning in a Post-Western …

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0 commentsOctober 9, 2013Latest

5 questions | Enemy drones | Yom Kippur War games

Frank Hoffman, broadening his recent consideration of naval lessons from World War II, sets out five questions on future war in the Pacific. Here’s the first: “What set of capabilities are best …

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0 commentsOctober 8, 2013Latest

Sino-U.S. space | SCMR frames choices | NSA locks down

The Stimson Center’s Michael Krepon introduces a collection of essays about ways the U.S. and China will cooperate and collide in space. (Defense One)

Here’s a quick piece by Frank Hoffman: the …

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0 commentsSeptember 18, 2013Latest

Robots & chai | Afghan update | CyberCom ‘cowboy’

The size and precise roles of the U.S. contingent in Afghanistan are still being worked out, reports the Washington Times’ Kristina Wong.

Apropos of such missions comes Army intel officer Lt. Col. …

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0 commentsSeptember 9, 2013Latest