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China amps up its 2026 defense budget by 7% amid purge of generals

(Gordon Arthur - Defense News) China is increasing its 2026 defense budget by 7%, bringing the nation’s military expenditure for the coming year to...

US, Iran spar over status of Iranian warship sunk by submarine

(Sheikh Saaliq - The Associated Press/Defense News) The United States and Iran have offered sharply different accounts of the sinking of an Iranian warship...

US B-1B Lancers arrive at RAF Fairford as strikes on Iran intensify

(Michael Scanlon - Defense News) Multiple U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers have arrived at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, as American forces...

Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (9 March 2026)

Trump Administration Unveils New Cyber Strategy for America (Alessandro Mascellino - Infosecurity Magazine) A new national cyber strategy aimed at strengthening US digital defenses, countering...

China’s Agentic AI Controversy

(Samm Sacks - Lawfare) A powerful new artificial intelligence (AI) agent called OpenClaw and Moltbook, a social networking site just for AI agents, has...

The Dull Roar of AI-Powered Cybercrime

(Tom Uren - Lawfare) A range of reports show that artificial intelligence (AI) adoption is, unsurprisingly, making threat actors' standard workflows quicker and easier. The...

The Four Hour Cyber War on Iran

(Tom Uren - Lawfare)  The U.S.-Israel attack on Iran shows how cyber operations help achieve military goals when aggressors have cyber dominance. But it also...

Beyond Carpenter – A Legislative Framework for Mobile Location Privacy

(Jim Dempsey - Lawfare) In Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment requires a warrant for compelled disclosure of...

Installing a Content Patch in the Stored Communications Act

(Stephanie Pell, Richard Salgado - Lawfare) The 1980s-era scheme in the Stored Communications Act that allows the government to compel service providers to disclose...

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