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Library: A Round-up of Reading

Space Law
Spy Satellite Companies Form Space Monopoly – Danger Room

International Dialogue on Space Debris Planned – Spaceports

Matthew J. Kleiman, Jenifer K. Lamie, Maira-Vittoria “Giugi” Carminati, The Laws of Spaceflight: A Guidebook for New Space Lawyers (2012)

Panel to examine the threat of sequestration on the space industry – Space Politics

Eutelsat complains that its Eutelsat 25A satellite is being jammed – Hyperbola

House committee to look at suborbital spaceflight and astronaut artifacts next week – Space Politics

New Satellites Could Make GPS Harder to Jam – Danger Room

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle: DOD Is Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Its New Acquisition Strategy. GAO-12-822, July 26.

Europe Wants Drones to Spot Illegal Immigrants at Sea – Danger Room

NASA still not worried about sequestration – Space Politics

GAO Gives DOD Mixed Report Card on EELV Acquisition – Space Policy Online

FAA Begins Advisory Committee Meetings on Regulations to Protect Commercial Spaceflight Passengers – Space Policy Online

Congress Deals With Space Artifacts and Moon Rocks – NASA Watch

Aviation Law
Make No Mistake: The Supreme Court’s Decision on Obamacare Has No Impact on Applicable Aviation and Airport Law – Aviation & Airport Development Law

General Aviation Security: Weaknesses Exist in TSA’s Process for Ensuring Foreign Flight Students Do Not Pose a Security Threat. GAO-12-875, July 18.

General Aviation Security: TSA’s Process for Ensuring Foreign Flight Students Do Not Pose a Security Risk Has Weaknesses, by Stephen M. Lord, director, homeland security and justice issues, before the Subcommittee on Transportation Security, House Committee on Homeland Security. GAO-12-900T, July 18.

Air Traffic Controllers Pick the Wrong Week to Quit Using Radar – Threat Level

Carrie Cordero On the FAA Reauthorization – Lawfare

“Would Winston Smith and Josef K. please return to the gate? Your flight is ready to depart.” – Concurring Opinions

Hawaiian Helicopter Tour Traffic Out of Hand? – Aviation Law Monitor

U.S. Spies Probably Won’t Blow Up Our Airplanes, TSA Concludes – Danger Room

Geospatial Law
Three Questions About Drafting Warrants to Install a GPS Device on a Car – Volokh Conspiracy

Cyberlaw
The Hacker Protection Act of 2012 – Volokh Conspiracy

Declarations of Cyberwar – IEEE Spectrum

Q. & A.: The Cybersecurity Bill, China, and Innovation – CFR

Guessing what Section 706(d) of the Lieberman-Collins Cybersecurity Bill Means – Lawfare

The Whitehouse-Kyl Cyber Compromise – Lawfare

Heather Harrison Dinniss, Cyber Warfare and the Laws of War (Cambridge Univ. Press 2012)

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