National Security Law Today

The black letter law and articles in this episode are:

The DOJ Inspector General Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation Introduction

https://oig.justice.gov/press/2019/2019-12-09.pdf

The full OIG Review

https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf

Politico “Russia’s Long and Mostly Unsuccessful History of Election Interference”

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/10/26/russias-long-and-mostly-unsuccessful-history-of-election-interference-229884

Operation Ghost Stories

https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/operation-ghost-stories-inside-the-russian-spy-case

Washington Post “U.N. Report on Jeff Bezos Phone Hack Only Adds to Questions About How the National Enquirer Got Its Scoop”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/un-report-on-jeff-bezos-phone-hack-only-adds-to-questions-about-how-the-national-enquirer-got-its-scoop/2020/01/27/7248bfc4-4053-11ea-aa6a-083d01b3ed18_story.html

Financial Times “Saudi's MBS implicated in hacking of Jeff Bezos's phone”

https://www.ft.com/content/83dcdf74-3c9b-11ea-a01a-bae547046735

UN experts call for investigation into allegations that Saudi Crown Prince involved in hacking of Jeff Bezos’ phone

https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25488&LangID=E

Jim Baker is the Director of National Security and Cybersecurity at the R Street Institute

https://www.rstreet.org/team/jim-baker/

The black letter laws and articles referenced in this episode:

U.S. Treasury Department’s new CIFUS regulations after FIRRMA

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/international/the-committee-on-foreign-investment-in-the-united-states-cfius

Executive Order 13549 “Classified National Security Information Programs for State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Entities”

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2010/08/18/executive-order-13549-classified-national-security-information-programs-

SECURE Technologies Act of 2018 [PDF document]

https://www.congress.gov/115/plaws/publ390/PLAW-115publ390.pdf

GSA Guidance on Section 889 FAR Rule of the 2019 NDAA

https://www.acquisition.gov/gsa-deviation/supply-chain-aug13

Executive Order 13873 “Executive Order on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain”

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-securing-information-communications-technology-services-supply-chain/

National Security Law Breakfast with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/inperson/394167859/

Jason Klitenic is the General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/who-we-are/leadership/general-counsel

The black letter law and articles in this episode are:

The DOJ Inspector General Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation Introduction

https://oig.justice.gov/press/2019/2019-12-09.pdf

The full OIG Review

https://www.justice.gov/storage/120919-examination.pdf

FBI Director Christopher Wray’s response to the OIG Report

https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-director-christopher-wray-response-to-inspector-general-report

The redacted 2004 OLC Memo reviewing the legality of STELLAR WIND

https://fas.org/irp/agency/doj/olc/stellar.pdf

Jim Baker “Rethinking Encryption” Lawfare

https://www.lawfareblog.com/rethinking-encryption

Jim Baker is the Director of National Security and Cybersecurity at the R Street Institute

https://www.rstreet.org/team/jim-baker/

The black letter law and articles in this episode are:

U.S. v. Agron Hasbajrami (2nd Cir., 2018) [PDF DOCUMENT]

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6589178/US-vs-Hasbajrami-2nd-Circuit-Opinion.pdf

“NDAA conference agreement establishes U.S. Space Force, directs major overhaul of space acquisitions” Space News, December 9, 2019

https://spacenews.com/ndaa-conference-agreement-establishes-u-s-space-force-directs-major-overhaul-of-space-acquisitions/

U.S. Treasury Fact Sheet: Final CIFUS Regulations Implementing FIRRMA [PDF DOCUMENT]

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/206/Final-FIRRMA-Regulations-FACT-SHEET.pdf

Morrison & Foerster Fact Sheet: Foreign Investment 2020 (Part 5): Final CFIUS Rules Announced

https://www.mofo.com/resources/insights/200116-cfius-rules-announced.html

Federalist Paper 65

https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/The+Federalist+Papers#TheFederalistPapers-65

Luncheon with the General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence

https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/inperson/393429655/

Harvey Rishikof is the Senior Counselor to the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security

https://www.law.temple.edu/contact/harvey-rishikof/

The black letter law and articles referenced in this episode are:

Glenn Gerstell, “I Work for N.S.A. We Cannot Afford to Lose the Digital Revolution,” New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/opinion/nsa-privacy.html

DHS CISA Alert on Iranian Cyber Responses

https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/aa20-006a

NCSC Private Industry Resources

https://www.dni.gov/index.php/ncsc-newsroom/item/1938-national-counterintelligence-and-security-center-launches-campaign-to-help-private-industry-guard-against-threats-from-nation-state-actors

Carpenter vs. United States (Decided June 22, 2018)

https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/carpenter-v-united-states-2/

NSA Cybersecurity Advisory for Microsoft Windows 10 Vulnerability

https://media.defense.gov/2020/Jan/14/2002234275/-1/-1/0/CSA-WINDOWS-10-CRYPT-LIB-20190114.PDF

The U.S. Intelligence Community Law Sourcebook 2019 Edition

https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/364823968/

Glenn Gerstell is the General Counsel of the National Security Agency

https://www.nsa.gov/about/ogc/leadership/

The black letter law and articles referenced in this episode are:

Executive Order 13382

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Documents/whwmdeo.pdf

Executive Order 13224

https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Documents/13224.pdf

War Powers Resolution of 1973

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-87/pdf/STATUTE-87-Pg555.pdf

“Esper contradicts Trump on targeting Iranian cultural sites: We 'follow the laws of armed conflict' “, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/politics/esper-iran-cultural-sites-trump/index.html

Hague Cultural Property Convention

https://www.congress.gov/110/crpt/erpt26/CRPT-110erpt26.pdf

John Bellinger “Attacking Iran’s Cultural Sites Would Violate the Hague Cultural Property Convention,” Lawfare

https://www.lawfareblog.com/attacking-irans-cultural-sites-would-violate-hague-cultural-property-convention

John Bellinger III is a partner at Arnold & Porter

https://www.arnoldporter.com/en/people/b/bellinger-john-b

William Banks is a Professor of Law Emeritus at Syracuse University College of Law

http://law.syr.edu/profile/william-banks1

The black letter law referenced in this episode is:

The Federalist papers

https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/The+Federalist+Papers

HR 755 - Articles of Impeachment

https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20191216/BILLS-116hres755rh.pdf

Stewart Baker is a Partner at Steptoe & Johnson

https://www.steptoe.com/en/lawyers/stewart-baker.html

Jamil Jaffer is the Founder and Executive Director of the National Security Institute at GMU

https://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/directory/fulltime/jaffer_jamil_n

This episode references:

The full audio of Craig Silliman's tlak "5G and National Security"

https://bcove.video/2RdnN1Q

Craig Silliman is Executive Vice President and Chief administrative, legal and public policy officer at Verizon

https://www.verizon.com/about/our-company/executive-bios/craig-silliman

The black letter law and articles in this episode are:

Matthew Ferraro, “Disinformation is harming businesses. Here are 6 ways to fight it”, CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/10/perspectives/disinformation-business/index.html

Matthew Ferraro’s remarks to the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security on December 4, 2019

https://bcove.video/3674v2k

H.R. 3230: The DEEP FAKES Accountability Act

https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr3230/BILLS-116hr3230ih.pdf

Virginia Code § 18.2-386.2 which criminalizes deepfake pornography

https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/18.2-386.2/

Texas Senate Bill 751 (SB751) which criminalized deepfake political videos within a month of an election

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/pdf/SB00751F.pdf#navpanes=0

California Assembly Bill 730 which criminalized deepfake political videos within a 60 days of an election

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB730

California Assembly Bill 602 which created a private right of action for victims of deepfake pornography

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB602

Matthew Ferraro is a Senior Associate at WilmerHale

https://www.wilmerhale.com/en/people/matthew-ferraro

This episode references:

The Stand With Us Campaign

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/rule-of-law/

The Breakfast Event: The Threat Disinformation and Deepfakes Pose to the Private Sector

https://www.americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg/inperson/392071960/

Judy Perry Martinez is the President of the American Bar Association

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/leadership/aba_officers/judy-perry-martinez/