Security Territory And Population Part 3: Security As The Basis For Governing

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Ed Walker
In the second lecture in Security, Territory and Population, Michele Foucault takes up the problem of food scarcity; this follows his examination of the problems of criminal law and epidemics in the first lecture. Foucault discusses two ways…
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Two (Three, Four?) Data Points on DNC Hack: Why Does Wikileaks Need an Insurance File?

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emptywheel
Actually, let me make that three data points. Or maybe four. First, Reuters has reported that the DCCC has also been hacked, with the hacker apparently believed to be the same entity (APT28, also believed to be GRU). The hackers created a…
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Friday: Possibility

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Rayne
Let's try a Swedish import today, a little something I can't really classify by a particular genre. This piece is one of my favorites, one of the most haunting tunes I've ever heard. It's probably dream pop for lack of a better label. Lykke…
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Mix and Match Cyber-Priorities Likely Elevates Gut Check To National Level

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emptywheel
As I noted yesterday, earlier this week President Obama rolled out a new Presidential Policy Directive, PPD 41, which made some changes to the way the US will respond to cyberattacks.(PPD, annex, fact sheet, guideline) I focused yesterday on…
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On Responsible Sourcing for DNC Hack Stories

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emptywheel
For some reason Lawfare thinks it is interesting that the two Democratic members of the Gang of Four -- who have apparently not figured out there's a difference between the hack (allegedly done by Russia) and the dissemination (done by Wikileaks,…
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What Are the DNC Hack(s) Rated on Obama's New Cyber-Orange Alert System?

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emptywheel
Yesterday, President Obama rolled out yet another new cyber-directive, this one aiming to better coordinate response to attacks. (PPD, annex, fact sheet) Along with all that, the White House released a guideline on the ranking of cyberattacks,…
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Wednesday: Chansons françaises

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Rayne
This Parisian artist is fascinating. Indila is extremely popular in France, mostly because of ballads like this one with multi-generational appeal. Many of her works contain lyrics in more than one language which increases the breadth of her…
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ISIS' 4 Terabyte Cache of Un- or Badly Encrypted Data

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emptywheel
Reuters just published a story about a big cache of data ISIS left as it retreated from Manbij. It's great news that the military got these materials, as it will helps us defeat ISIS. Just as important is this part. The material, gathered…
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Tuesday: Tilted

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Rayne
I miss prosthesis and mended souls Trample over beauty while singing their thoughts I match them with my euphoria When they said "Je suis plus folle que toi" -- excerpt, Tilted by Christine And The Queens We've spent (and will spend)…
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The Other Factor in the DNC Hack: WikiLeaks' Personal War with Hillary Clinton

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emptywheel
Since yesterday, both Jack Goldsmith and Peter Singer have had offered some interesting perspective on the alleged Russian hack of the DNC. Singer had a bit of a Twitter rant. His linked (recent) Oversight testimony which discussed…
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Surrogating the 2016 American Presidency

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bmaz
Tonight was the opening of the Democratic National Convention. It was a rather stunning difference from the scenes on the street yesterday and today, where there were minimal and well behaved cops in Philly as contrasted with the warrior cop…
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NSA and CIA Hacked Enrique Peña Nieto before the 2012 Election

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emptywheel
Part of the frenzied discussion about the possibility that Russia hacked the DNC includes claims that the US would never do something so dastardly. Except that the Foreign Government Section 702 Certificate makes it clear the NSA is authorized…
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The Two Intelligence Agency Theory of Handing Trump the Election

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emptywheel
There has been a lot written about Russian intelligence agencies allegedly hacking the DNC server and -- by leaking it -- attempting to influence the election. Some observers have, based on that assumption, called the hack an act of war. I'm…
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Bringing out the Dead: What We Know about Zika Virus Effect on Human Tissue

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Rayne
Because unproven claims persist that chemical exposure -- specifically the pyridine-based pesticide pyriproxyfen -- causes the birth defects seen in children born to women exposed to Zika virus, I am bringing out the dead, laying out the bodies. By…
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Friday: The End of the World

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Rayne
I wake up in the morning and I wonder Why ev'rything is the same as it was I can't understand, no, I can't understand How life goes on the way it does -- excerpt, The End of the World, written by Arthur Kent and Sylvia Dee Jazz version…
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35 Years after Saint Reagan's Order, Treasury Still Dawdles

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emptywheel
The other day, I Con the Record released an updated index of the procedures intelligence components use to comply with Executive Order 12333's rules on sharing information about US persons. As is typical of I Con the Record, it didn't admit…
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Thursday: Hotter than Hell

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Rayne
Have a little indie synthpop if your day isn't hot enough. The artist Dua Lipa lives in London; she originally moved to the United Kingdom in the 1990s with her parents who are Kosovar-Albanian. Imagine a UK to which artists like Lipa cannot…
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Wednesday: Heat of Passion

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Rayne
Crazy stuff happens when there's a full moon like last night's. Crazier stuff happens under heat and pressure. Brace yourselves as the heat dome slides from the southwest to Midwest and east this week. Hot wheels A look at the whys behind…
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Chris Christie and Karl Rove's US Attorney Project

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emptywheel
The Republicans were supposed to talk about how they plan to Make America Work Again last night. And I supposed Paul Ryan -- and to a lesser extent Mitch McConnell, when he wasn't being booed -- presented a vision of how they think Republicans…
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Security, Territory and Population Part 2: Initial Discussion of Security

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Ed Walker
The first lecture in the series Foucault calls Security, Territory and Population is primarily a discussion of security. Instead of a definition, Foucault gives two sets of examples. The first group involves penal statutes. In the simplest…
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