By Paul Rosenzweig The events of January 6th will echo in American history for years to come. While other essays in this special edition may focus on root causes of the insurrection or legal issues relating to the definition of domestic insurrection, in this brief essay I want to look at the role that cybersecurity… Continue reading The Capitol Insurrection and Pineapples on Pizza
Category: Special Online Issue: Capitol Insurrection 2021
From 9-11 to January 6: The Limits of Surveillance Authority and the Democratic State
By Marc Rotenberg A Constitutional democracy that seeks to monitor the private lives of its citizens must do so in the most minimally intrusive manner, ensure that its conduct is lawful and permissible, subject to public oversight and transparent, and also that it is effective. Implicit in the willingness of citizens to permit some degree… Continue reading From 9-11 to January 6: The Limits of Surveillance Authority and the Democratic State
Taking Congress and the Capitol Seriously as National Security Institutions
By Dakota S. Rudesill Responsibility for the seditious violent attack on the United States Congress of Jan. 6, 2021, rests with serious afflictions within our civic culture, with a series of costly errors regarding the security of the Capitol, and with then-President Donald Trump’s mendacious inspiration, assembly, and direction of a massive, frenzied, armed mob… Continue reading Taking Congress and the Capitol Seriously as National Security Institutions