In recent years there has been much discussion about the “weaponization” of social media. This past week my friend, retired Special Forces colonel Dave Maxwell (who is now a Georgetown University professor), has weighed-in...
At the Aspen Security Forum last week, I asked CIA Director Mike Pompeo about what message he might have for young people considering a career in government. His response was insightful…and amusing. Here’s the...
The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has announced that it will open its probe of alleged Russian interference with America’s election with public hearings on March 20th. There is no question that we...
On Feb 24-25 we had Duke Law’s annual Center on Law, Ethics and National Security conference, and – wow – great speakers and great attendees (the most ever!). This year’s theme was “Cyber, Security...
Last week Duke Law’s Center on Law, Ethics and National Security presented its annual security law conference to a packed audience. The conference’ s theme this year was “Cyber, Security & Surveillance: Truth &...
Americans are rightly (and almost literally) up in arms about the intelligence community’s (IC) report that Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin tried to influence the U.S. presidential election. According to that report, the IC...
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released last week shows that “two-thirds of Americans believe torture can be justified to extract information from suspected terrorists,” adding that this is a “level of support similar to that seen...
Charles J. Dunlap Jr., the former deputy judge advocate general of the United States Air Force, joined the Duke Law faculty in July 2010 where he is a professor of the practice of law and Executive Director of the Center on Law, Ethics and National Security.
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