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Feb 2016
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The "Deck Chairs on the Titanic" Edition

THE LAWFARE INSTITUTE
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The administration is revamping its efforts to staunch ISIS recruitment. The NSA makes the line between cyber attacks and defense even blurrier. And Ben has a plan to solve the going dark problem.

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