The Watchers–in paperback!
The Watchers is on sale today in paperback. You can pick up a copy in your favorite bookstore or online. It’s got a nifty new cover, as well as a new afterword on the Christmas Day bombing attempt....
View ArticleDrones coming to your neighborhood?
I joined NPR’s Scott Simon recently for a discussion about unmanned aircraft, and whether we’ll soon be seeing tiny drones flying around American cities. The full audio is here.
View Article9/10: The Day Before
No one asks, “Where were you on 9/10?” and most people don’t remember. It’s only in hindsight that the details of a thoroughly ordinary day seem so remarkable.
View ArticleOut of the Loop: The Human-Free Future of Drone Aircraft
As aircraft and weapons have become more precise, human beings have become less essential to the conduct of war. The rise of unmanned aerial vehicles, more commonly known as drones, promises to push...
View ArticleKiller App
Have a bunch of Silicon Valley computer geeks figured out how to stop terrorists?
View ArticleDecoding the “cyber attacks” on gas pipelines
Here’s the first thing you need to know about a reported “cyber attack” against natural gas pipeline operators that was revealed last week: It wasn’t actually an attack. More here.
View ArticleThe Story Behind the Story about Warrantless Wiretapping
A just-published paper offers new insights and intriguing details about the New York Times’ 2005 blockbuster on government spying. More here.
View ArticleWhy Data Mining Wouldn’t Have Stopped Alleged Aurora Shooter James Holmes
Could “total information awareness” have prevented the killings in Colorado? No. Here’s why.
View ArticleGiving in to the Surveillance State
My op-ed in today’s New York Times looks at a decade of secret government surveillance and why we’re still powerless against it.
View ArticleWas Boston a “War Zone” During Bomber Manhunt?
Was the extraordinary display of force in Boston last month, which included a shootout with the suspects and a lockdown of the metropolitan area, an appropriate response to a terrorist threat? Or did...
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