Space Law
SpaceX bill awaits Perry’s OK – Brownsville Herald
Political wrangling pulls NASA in different directions – USA Today
SpaceX Closer to USAF Certification – NASA Watch
Apollo Astronauts Set to Cash in With Auction – NASA Watch
Revisions to export control lists due out soon – Space Politics
Forbidden Laptops Are On The Space Station – NASA Watch
MilSat Magazine (May 2013)
Was extreme altititude suborbital launch by China an anti-satellite weapon? – Hyperbola
After $200 Million, Darpa Gives Up on Formation-Flying Satellites – Danger Room
Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies working with FAA to investigate UFOs – Spaceports
Senate Hearing on Partnerships to Advance the Business of Space – NASA Watch
Aviation Law
We Don’t Need More Laws to Regulate Drone Photography - Motherboard
Fallout from Shooting Extends to Philippine-Taiwan Air Services – Aviation Law Prof Blog
ICAO Climate Change Symposium Seeks Answers – Aviation Law Prof Blog
Friday Link Roundup – Aviation Law Prof Blog
Geospatial Law
6 Key Spatial Law and Policy Links (May 13, 2013) – Spatial Law and Policy
APPS Act Strengthens Mobile Privacy Protections, Increases Disclosure to Users – CDT
Google on North Korean maps – North Korea Tech
Cyberlaw
WTPF: ITU Convening Takes Up Internet Governance Questions This Week – CDT
Firms Brace for New European Data Privacy Law – New York Times
UK’s New Defamation Law May Accelerate the Death of Anonymous User-Generated Content Internationally (Forbes Cross-Post) – Technology and Marketing Law Blog
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Syrian – Export Law Blog
The geopolitics of Google’s autocomplete – Foreign Policy
We Beat Them to Lima: Opening a New Front Against Secret IP Treaties – EFF
High Court rules video to be taken down from YouTube, Facebook – RTE News
Government to share cyber-vulnerabilites info with private sector – Salon
Cops Should Get Warrants to Read Your E-Mail, Attorney General Says – Threat Level
Introducing: Project Open Data – OSTP
Leading Security Experts Say FBI Wiretapping Proposal Would Undermine Cybersecurity – CDT
Civil Society Wraps up WTPF with a Unified Voice – CDT
Bumbling ASIC heralds new internet censorship era – Crikey
Change the Conversation, Change the Venue and Change Our Future – CIGI
New International Coalition to TPP Negotiators: We Demand a Fair Deal for the Internet – EFF
Space Law
Legal expert calls for update to city’s space laws – South China Morning News
Christopher M. Stone, NASA, export control, and collaboration: a bit of clarification , The Space Review
Michael J. Listner, Revisiting the preservation of Tranquility Base and other historic sites on the Moon , The Space Review
Jeff Foust, Drawing the battle lines for NASA’s 2014 budget , The Space Review
Space Florida Budget Increases Following Legislative Session – Space News
U.S. – China Space Cooperation – Stimson Center
SpaceX Dragon Heads For New Mexico – NASA Watch
SpaceX Grasshopper to Land in New Mexico – Spaceports
CEO of MannSat Dismissed from U.S. Lawsuit – Space News
SpaceX Bill Blocked in Texas Senate – Space News
NASA Technical Report Database Partly Back Online – Secrecy News
Texas and Alabama Advancing Spaceport Legislation in Closing Days of Sessions – Spaceports
Missile Defense: Opportunity to Refocus on Strengthening Acquisition Management, GAO-13-604T, May 9, 2013
Two Stallite Proposals Approved at FCC Open Meeting – SpaceRef
Wolf and Bolden’s Vandalism at NTRS Continues – NASA Watch
ZeroGravity, ZeroTax Exemption Becomes Gubernatorial Campaign Issue in Virginia – Spaceports
Aviation Law
Metaphor alert: Drone freed from Lady Justice’s grasp – FP Passport
No-Fly Zone – Slate
Sequestration at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): Air Traffic Controller Furloughs and Congressional Response – CRS
In-Flight and On-Line: FCC Proposes Domestic Air-to-Ground System for Airborne Wi-Fi – CommLawBlog
F.C.C. Advances Plan for Faster In-Flight Wi-Fi – New York Times
Space policy viewed through an exoplanetary lens – Space Politics
Geospatial Law
District Judges Divide on Long-Term Cell Phone Tracking Under the Fourth Amendment – The Volokh Conspiracy
Judge Allows Evidence Gathered From FBI’s Spoofed Cell Tower – Threat Level
New Open Data Rules Continue Push for Government Innovation – Commons Lab
Making Government Information Open and Machine Readable – Secrecy News
Landmark Steps to Liberate Open Data – White House Blog
Open Data for Climate and Health Insights – OSTP
Recap: A Big Day for Open Data – OSTP
DigitalGlobe’s NGA Contract Shielded from Sequestration – Space News
The Global Human Impact - Air Force General Counsel Blog
Cyberlaw
Fun and Games in ICANN’s new gTLD Process – Xconomy
CISPA – An Assessment – Lawfare
More on the GOP and the Internet – The Volokh Conspiracy
Tim Wu Discusses the Current State of the Net Neutrality Rules – TAP
Questions Someone Should Ask DOD About Its Report on Chinese Cyber-Operations – Lawfare
Testifying on cybersecurity before the Senate Judiciary Committee – The Volokh Conspiracy
Supreme People’s Court directive to lower courts on cases involving internet censorship – Chinese Law Prof Blog
UK Libel Law Gets Much Needed Update – But Also Threatens Online Anonymity – CDT
FBI’s Latest Proposal for a Wiretap-Ready Internet Should Be Trashed – Wired.com
Beyond Unlocking: Don’t Let Them Kill the First Reasonable Copyright Reform Bill – Wired.com
FCC Anxiously Puts One Toe Halfway in Tepid Water with IP Transition “Trials” – Texhfreedom.com
Military Cyber-Operations and the Third Amendment to the US Constitution – Air Force General Counsel Blog
Digital Diplomacy: Adapting Our Diplomatic Engagement – Dipnote
Building Consensus in Support of a Global, Inclusive, Free, and Open Internet – Dipnote
Copyright Reform Bill Targets Anti-circumvention – CDT
The Global Human Impact - Air Force General Counsel Blog
Space Law
Jeff Foust, Planetary defense: deflection and disruption , The Space Review
Injecting Politics into Scientific Peer Review – NASA Watch
Pentagon Paying China — Yes, China — To Carry Data – Danger Room
Bolden Blames Congress For Making Him Buy Soyuz Seats – NASA Watch
Why Won’t NASA Talk About the Latest Bigelow Agreement? – NASA Watch
NASA buys six more Soyuz “seats” for rides to International Space Station – Hyperbola
Astronomers warn about NASA planetary funding cuts – Space Politics
NASA uses Soyuz deal to push for commercial crew funding – Space Politics
On a lighter note: Pentagon sheepishly admits to using Chinese satellite – Hyperbola
Bo Jiang Had Porn Not Secrets on His Laptop – NASA Watch
Chinese NASA “fugitive” may not be a spy but could be an embarrassed voyeur – Hyperbola
U.S. Finds Porn Not Secrets on Suspected China Spy’s PC – Space News
Astrosociological Insights: Volume 2, Issue 2 (May 2013)
SatMagazine (May 2013)
Lunar Real Estate Agent Has ‘Sold’ 7.5% of Moon – Space.com
Wolf Addresses Arrest at Dulles AIrport of Chinese National Potentially Involved in NASA Langely Security Violations – SpaceRef
No surprises in DoD’s DPRK report to Congress – North Korea Tech
Virginia’s McAuliffe boosts Wallops Island commercial spaceport in gubernatorial bid – Spaceports
Do As I Say Not As I . . . etc. etc. – Export Law Blog
Taxi: Roscosmos-$70mil vs SpaceX-$20mil – Spaceports
Aviation Law
New Book on Terrorism and the Right to Travel – Opinio Juris
Unflushed Lavatory Gets Airline Passenger A Meeting With Authorities – Aero-News Network
Technology and Privacy – Air Force General Counsel Blog
Geospatial Law
Upcoming Conference on The Legal and Policy Framework for a Location-enabled Society – Spatial Law and Policy
How to Use Geofencing Correctly – Directions Magazine
Judge Posner’s Surveillance Argument Would Not Withstand An Economic Analysis – CIS
Google ‘recognizes’ Palestine – FP PAssport
Full Speed Ahead for Open Ag Data – OSTP Blog
Israel isn’t happy about Google’s decision to recognize Palestine – FP Passport
Cyberlaw
When America Became a Cyberwarrior – Unredacted
Surveillance and Cyberspace – Lawfare
Is Iran about to seal itself off from the Internet? – FP Passport
Reallocation of Government Spectrum – Air Force general Counsel Blog
New ICANN Public Comments – Madisonian
Some Important Thoughts About Internet Governance – The Volokh Conspiracy
Pentagon Warns North Korea Could Become a Hacker Haven – Danger Room
Cyber Infrastructure Protection: Vol. II – SSI
Arkansas Becomes Seventh State to Enact Employer Social Media Law; Questions Arise Regarding Supervisor-Employee Connections – Information Law Group
Cybersecurity and Internet Governance – CFR
More on the GOP and the Internet – The Volokh Conspiracy
Cybersecurity Then and Now – Air Force General Counsel Blog
The Politics of Communications Technology – Cyborgology
Space Law
NASA’s Silence on Furloughs – NASA Watch
Stafford Argues for Moon as Next Human Spaceflight Destination – Space Policy Online
Trial Begins for Md. Man in Iran Satellite Case – Space News
Europe Changes Tactics in Push for Space Code of Conduct – Space News
Space Acquisitions: DOD Is Overcoming Long-Standing Problems, but Faces Challenges to Ensuring Its Investments Are Optimized, Statement of Cristina T. Chaplain, Director Acquisition and Sourcing Management. GAO-13-508T, April 24
US Senate Hearing: Challenges and Opportunities for Human Space Exploration – Spaceports
Space Junk Threat Demands Immediate Action, Experts Say – Space.com
Bolden Says Furloughs Likely if Sequester Continues Into FY2014 – Space Policy Online
29,000 Space Debris Objects: How It Got There, What To Do About It? – Spaceports
Space debris problem now urgent – scientists – Space Mart
European Conference Attendees Agree Action Needed On Space Debris – Red Orbit
Space Data Association Promises To Sue any Member that Misuses Pooled Data – Space News
Asteroid Mining on the Move – SpaceLawLibrarian
Missile Defense: Opportunity to Refocus on Strengthening Acquisition Management. GAO-13-432, April 26.
Aviation Law
Innovation vs. Privacy: Why We Shouldn’t Fear Drones – Wired
FAA Takes Two Important Steps During the Week of April 20 – Aviation & Airport Development Law Blog
TSA Tables Plan to Allow Knives on Planes – Threat Level
Striking Against Open Skies – Aviation Law Prof Blog
Welcome to the Age of Big Drone Data – Danger Room
Ensuring Privacy in the New Domestic Drone Test Program – CDT
Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National Security Space Activities – House Armed Services Committee
HASC Asks About DOD Use of Chinese Satellite – Space Policy Online
Protecting Space Technology Through Trade Secret Law – Commercial Space Blog
Geospatial Law
NEW REPORT: Privacy and Missing Persons after Natural Disasters – Commons Lab
UPDATE: After Arrest, Authorities Caution Against Crowdsourced Criminal Intelligence Analysis – Commons Lab
Google launches Street View in Hungary and Lesotho; expands in Poland and Romania – Google Earth Blog
Today’s Other ECPA Reform News: Location Privacy Hearing in the House – CDT
Detail – XKCD
5 Key Spatial Law and Policy Links (April 29, 2013) – Spatial Law and Policy
Cyberlaw
The Dark Side of the Digital Revolution – CFR
Why Is Congress Trying to Make Our Internet Abuse Laws Worse, not Better? – The Atlantic
Cybersecurity, Einstein 3 and Privacy – Lawfare
Eric Schmidt and the North Korean Internet dilemma – North Korea Tech
Man Convicted of Hacking Despite Not Hacking – Threat Level
CISPA 2.0 Likely Stalled in Senate – CIS
Law Requiring Warrants for E-Mail Wins Senate Committee Approval – Threat Level
Fascinating New Case on Legal Standards for Searching a Remote Computer With Unknown Location – The Volokh Conspiracy
CISPA Changes Show Power of Internet Advocacy – CDT
CISPA Is Dead. Now Let’s Do a Cybersecurity Bill Right – Threat Level
Space Law
Controversy Over Planet-Naming Contest Heats Up – Space.com
Mikulski Will Support Asteroid Initiative, Not Sure About Orion, Planetary Requests – Space Policy Online
Russia is no longer worried about U.S. missile defense systems – FP Passport
Big-time players are getting serious about asteroid perils and profits – Cosmic Log
Judge: Chinese NASA Contractor To Be Held till Trial – Space News
Judge Reverses Jiang Pre-trial Release Decision – NASA Watch
Air Force General Gives SpaceX a Vote of Confidence for National Security Missions – Space News
Export Control Final Transition Plan Announced – Export Law Blog
Details on The Gutting of NASA Education – NASA Watch
US eases export rules on aerospace parts – Space Mart
DOD Should Improve Its Satellite Control Operations Says GAO – Space Policy Online
House SS&T Chairman Smith Wants Vision for Space Program – Space Policy Online
UNCOPUOS, Draft Report: VIII. Examination and review of the developments concerning the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Space Assets , UN Doc. A
/AC.105/C.2/L.290/Add.2
UNCOPUOS, Draft Report: V. Matters relating to the definition and delimitation of outer space and the character and utilization of the geostationary orbit, including consideration of ways and means to ensure the rational and equitable use of the geostationary orbit without prejudice to the role of the International Telecommunication Union , UN Doc A/AC.105/C.2/L.290/Add.1
UNCOPUOS, LIST OF PARTICIPANTS , UN Doc. A/AC.105/C.2/2013/INF/45
Space Policy: NASA job cuts, Lamar Smith’s space vision, GAO assessment, and SLS’s un-trackable cost – Space-for-All
Experts To Meet In Europe To Discuss Space Debris Issue – Red Orbit
Who gets to name alien planets? – Cosmic Log
Space policy roundup: JWST cost/schedule realities + Asteroid return strategy + Space at DC forum – Space-for-All
Book Review: Legal Aspects of Satellite Remote Sensing – Space Law Librarian
Aviation Law
Computer Outage Halts American Airlines Flights – Aviation Law Prof Blog
NTSB Testimony to the US Senate on safety, 787; FAA reviewing ETOPS – Leeham News and Comment
India Plans Regulatory Reforms for Charter Flights – Aviation Law Prof Blog
Geospatial Law
Iran to launch an “Islamic Google Earth”? – Google Earth Blog
Data for the Boston Marathon Investigation Will Be Crowdsourced – Danger Room
Can law enforcement use Google Earth without a warrant? – Google Earth Blog
The Boston Marathon Bombings and the Limitations of Crowdsourced Intelligence – Commons Lab
Cyberlaw
The Duck Quacks but are We at Cyber War? – Security Debrief
A Typology for Evaluating Active Cyber Defenses – Lawfare
Pentagon Seeks More Cybersecurity Funding – DoD Buzz
Pentagon Cancels Divisive Medal for Cyber Ops and Drone Strikes – Small Wars Journal
George Gershwin, CISPA, and the President’s Veto Threat – The Volokh Conspiracy
Dealing with Networks and Regulatory Compliance: The Legal Side of Mobile Retail – Privacy and Security Law Blog
Pirate Bay Cofounder Indicted on Hacking Charges – Threat Level
International Studies Review (Vol. 15, no. 1, March 2013):
Special Issue: International Relationships in the Information Age
Beth A. Simmons, Preface
J. P. Singh, Information Technologies, Meta-power, and Transformations in Global Politics
Archon Fung, Hollie Russon Gilman & Jennifer Shkabatur, Six Models for the Internet + Politics
Muzammil M. Hussain & Philip N. Howard, What Best Explains Successful Protest Cascades? ICTs and the Fuzzy Causes of the Arab Spring
Susan K. Sell, Revenge of the “Nerds”: Collective Action against Intellectual Property Maximalism in the Global Information Age
Milton Mueller, Andreas Schmidt & Brenden Kuerbis, Internet Security and Networked Governance in International Relations
Myriam Dunn Cavelty, From Cyber-Bombs to Political Fallout: Threat Representations with an Impact in the Cyber-Security Discourse
Nicholas J. Cull, The Long Road to Public Diplomacy 2.0: The Internet in US Public Diplomacy
Today in Cyber on the Hill — CISPA Heads to the House Floor – Lawfare
Michael J. Glennon, The Dark Future of International Cybersecurity Regulation , Journal of National Security Law & Policy
Cyberwar in the Underworld: Non-State Actors – Air Force General Counsel Blog
Cybersecurity: Authoritative Reports and Resources – CRS
Cybersecurity: Selected Legal Issues – CRS
CISPA Passes in the House – Lawfare
Internet Governance: When Domestic Public Law Is No More than Bluster – Concurring Opinions
A Partial Mea Culpa – Lawfare
Wargaming Cyber: The Private Sector Response – Air Force General Counsel Blog
Brookings’ Allan Friedman on the Rhetoric Surrounding CISPA – Lawfare
CISPA 2.0 Clears The House: Outcome Hazy – CIS
Space Law
GAO Details Cost Growth in DOD Space Programs – Space Policy Online
Final tweaks to the 2013 budget – Space Politics
Posey Reintroduces REAL Space Act to Return Astronauts to Moon – Space Policy Online
Australian space policy debut – Space-for-All
Addressing the Challenges of Space Security – Space News
House Hearing on Asteroid Threats – NASA Watch
Air Force News Briefing on the FY 2014 Defense Budget Proposal from the Pentagon – U.S. DoD
Moon Base Over Asteroid? Lawmakers Push for Lunar Landing by 2022 – Space.com
New bill would redirect NASA back to the Moon – Space Politics
Australian Space Policy Calls for Reducing International Dependence – Space News
Bipartisan legislation sets NASA’s focus on the Moon – Lunar Networks
UNL space law program supports asteroid exploring initiative – The Daily Nebraskan
Putin Pledges Space Program Support on Cosmonautics Day, Cosmonauts May Make Ocean Landings in Future – Space Policy Online
Congressional tensions between SLS and commercial crew, FY2014 edition – Space Politics
Stephen Hawking: Humanity Must Colonize Space to Survive – Space.com
New Mexico spaceflight liability bill signed into law – Flightglobal
And Now We Suggest the Naming of Planets – The Spacewriter’s Ramblings
Aviation Law
Drone Privacy Bills Attempt to Protect Americans from Governmental, Commercial Surveillance – CDT
Surrounding Communities Object to Approval of the Los Angeles International Airport Specific Plan Amendment Study Project – Aviation and Airport Development Law News
Yeager Fights To Retain Control Of His Name – Aero-News Network
NTSB No Longer “Bound By” FAA’s Choice Of Sanction – Aviation Law Discussions
German Researcher Says Android App Can Hack A Commercial Airliner – Aero-News Network
John Villasenor, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Privacy” , Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy
Geospatial Law
Privacy of geolocation: the new European and American law – Spatial Law & Policy
Great use of Google Earth by the Urban Planning Department of Taipei – Google Earth Blog
Meet Dom, the inadvertent spy on Iran – FP Passport
Cyber Law
Peter Margulies Summarizes the NIST Conference on Cybersecurity Standards – Lawfare
WTPF: Internet Issues on the Table at Next ITU Conference – CDT
New Draft of House CISPA Bill – Lawfare
The Dark Future of International Cybersecurity Regulation – Journal of National Security Law and Policy
Cyberconflict: Threats, Responses and the Role of Law – Opinio Juris
Luxembourg: The Steve McQueen of Cybersecurity – The Volokh Conspiracy
German IT Cybersecurity Proposal – Lawfare
Space Law
Jeff Foust, The great state space race , The Space Review
Babak Shakouri, Space settlement and future of space law , The Space Review
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation Commends the Passage of New Mexico Spaceflight Liability Bill – Commercial Spaceflight Federation
Questions on the definition and delimitation of outer space: replies from Member States (U.N. Doc. A /AC.105/889/Add.12)
Shooting down the Star Wars myth – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Subcommittee on Space Reviews the Space Leadership Preservation Act – AIP
New Mexico governor signs liability bill; Texas makes progress on space bills – Space Politics
Space policy roundup – Space-for-All
Next week: “Threats from Space,” the sequel – Space Politics
Administration confirms NASA plan: Grab an asteroid, then focus on Mars – Cosmic Log
Nelson confirms asteroid mission study to be in FY14 budget proposal – Space Politics
Echoes of a Romney Space Policy? – NASA Watch
Back to the Moon? Not any time soon, says Bolden – Space Politics
Incoming! Asteroid miners are getting financial boost from NASA cash – Cosmic Log
Aviation Law
Proposed Cuts to Air Traffic Control Towers Under Budget Sequestration: Background and Considerations for Congress – CRS
NextGen Air Transportation System: FAA Has Made Some Progress in Midterm Implementation, but Ongoing Challenges Limit Expected Benefits. GAO-13-264, April 8.
Integration of Drones into Domestic Airspace: Selected Legal Issues – CRS
Drones in Domestic Surveillance Operations: Fourth Amendment Implications and Legislative Responses – CRS
Geospatial Law
The Dangers of Surveillance – Air Force General Counsel Blog
OSTP Issues Directive to Federal Agencies on Public Access – AIP
The new frontier in life-tracking devices: human rights – FP Passport
Massachusetts Supreme Court Rules ZIP Codes Are Definitely “Personal Identification Information” – GEOData Policy
Cyberlaw
The Spam Wars and Internet Governance. Again. – Concurring Opinions
United States v. Cote and the Trouble With Ex Ante Search Restrictions on Computer Warrants – The Volokh Conspiracy
Aaron Swartz’s Prosecutors Were Threatened and Hacked, DOJ Says – Threat Level
Building a Cyber Liability System – Lawfare
BitTorrent Site IsoHunt Demands Jury Trial – Threat Level
Making Strategic Sense of Cyber Power: Why the Sky Is Not Falling – SSI
Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare (Cambridge University Press 2013)
What does the worst-case scenario of a cyberattack on the United States by another state or by terrorists look like? – CFR
Thinking About Cybersecurity — A Video Course – Lawfare
NIST Hosts First of Four Planned Cybersecurity Framework Workshops – Privacy and Security Law Blog
Jack Goldsmith, How Cyber Changes the Laws of War , European Journal of International Law (2013)
Space Law
Chinese-Russian Joint Statement on Missile Defense – All Things Nuclear
Glenn Reynolds, Who Has the Right to Mine an Asteroid? , Popular Mechanics
Your One Sentence Definition of Sustainable Development – UN Dispatch
Obama Signs Money Bill for Europa Mission – Spaceports
Petitions, full of sound and fury, signifying… – Space Politics
Bo Jiang Released Pending Trial – NASA Watch
A U.S. “Pivot” in Space? – All Things Nuclear
SDI RIP – Arms Control Wonk
Sequestration’s effects on commercial crew, and planning for FY14 – Space Politics
Aviation Law
This is the secret airline that’s reportedly flooding Syria with weapons – FP Passport
Aiming Laser Pointer at Airplane Gets Man 2.5 Years in Prison – Threat Level
Flaws escape FAA certification – Leeham News and Comment
Sequestration requires Federal Aviation Administration to cut costs; commitment to safety remains – Fast Lane
Update: New Comment Deadlines Announced in Internet-on-Airplanes Proceeding – CommLaw Blog
National Airspace System: Airport-Centric Development. GAO-13-261, March 28.
Geospatial Law
Bills on Use of Mobile-Device-Location Data Reintroduced – Privacy and Security Law Blog
What is the State of the Jones Trespass Test After Florida v. Jardines? – The Volokh Conspiracy
Anonymized Phone Location Data Not So Anonymous, Researchers Find – Threat Level
Federal Court of Appeal Reminds Government There is No Copyright in Data – Teresa Scassa
Cartographic proof that North Korea is bluffing – Ogle Earth
Cyberlaw
The National Broadband Plan Goals: Where Do We Stand? – CRS
Cloud Computing: Constitutional and Statutory Privacy Protections – CRS
NATO Researchers: Stuxnet Attack on Iran Was Illegal ‘Act of Force’ – Threat Level
Stuxnet an “Act of Force” Against Iran – Arms Control Law
House Judiciary Committee New Draft Bill on Cybersecurity is Mostly DOJ’s Proposed Language from 2011 – The Volokh Conspiracy
Congress v. China on Cybersecurity – Lawfare
The International Community Must Hold Russia Accountable for Its Cyber Militias – Small Wars Journal
Cybersecurity Meets the WTO – The Volokh Conspiracy
Egypt says it arrested ‘criminals’ trying to sabotage its Internet – FP Passport
Cybersecurity and Trade Conflict – International Economic Law and Security Blog
The =Real= Internet Kill Switch – Lawfare
The Return of Practical Obscurity? – Lawfare
Writing on the Wall – Arms Control Wonk
Securing Human Rights Online: Internet Freedom Fellows Program – Dipnote
This Week in Cybercrime: “Anonymized” Cellphone Tracking Data is Pure Fiction – Risk Factor
Space Law
FY2013 budget endgame in sight – Space Politics
Wolf Announces Arrest of Chinese National Working as NASA Contractor-UPDATE – Space Policy Online
Austerity Budget Won’t Help Space Sector – SpaceRef Canada
James Oberg, Using “rocket science” to understand North Korea’s space and missile efforts , The Space Review
Ajey Lele, India’s French Connection in space , The Space Review
Matthew J. Kleiman, The Little Book of Space Law (ABA 2013)
Congress hears options for asteroid defense: Pay now or pray later – Cosmic Log
NASA to Congress: don’t “pour money” into NEO programs – Space Politics
Sequester Fallout: Senior NASA Officials Miss Planetary Science Conference – Space.com
Meteor or Missile Attack: How Will Military Leaders Know? – Space.com
Johnson-Freese: Space Threats Include Public’s Lack of Knowledge about Space Benefits – Space Policy Online
Senate Passes FY2013 CR – Space Policy Online
Combating the perception of a lack of consensus – Space Politics
On a lighter if darker note: NASA’s advice if an asteroid is coming…get on your knees and pray! – Hyperbola
CR Clears Congress, Funds Government for Remainder of FY2013 – Space Policy Online
Brussels Forum – SWF Hosts Dinner Discussion on Space and Stability – Secure World Foundation
Bo Jiang To Plead Not Guilty; Will Ask For Jury Trial – NASA Watch
Bolden: No Lack of Consensus on NASA’s Strategic Direction – Space Policy Online
Sequestration forces NASA to hold up educational and outreach efforts – Cosmic Log
With budget uncertainty resolved, sequestration’s effects kick in – Space Politics
Aviation Law
TSA Receiving Pushback on Changes to Permitted-Items List – Aviation Law Prof Blog
Private Drones In American Skies – NPR OnPoint – Directions Magazine
Do Corporations Enjoy a 2nd Amendment Right to Drones? – Concurring Opinions
Geospatial Law
Bills Would Mandate Warrant for GPS Tracking, Cellphone Location Data – Threat Level
Cyberlaw
Vermont Files Cert Petition in Case on Ex Ante Search Restrictions for Computer Warrants – The Volokh Conspiracy
Don’t Just Hate CISPA — Fix It – Threat Level
Does the Tallinn Manual Allow States to Kill Hackers? Not Really. – Opinio Juris
Why the USG Complaints Against Chinese Economic Cyber-Snooping Are So Weak – Lawfare
Space Law
Enact Legislation to Restrict the NASA Budget to No Less than 1.00% of Federal Funding Beginning in FY 2014 – Spaceports
Mystery change in satellite orbit traced to debris strike from past Chinese missile interception test – Hyperbola
Dwayne Day, The Lion and the Vortex , The Space Review
Michael J. Listner, Addressing the challenges of space debris, part 3: policy , The Space Review
Waitin’ on the Budget – Space Policy Online
In Spaceport we trust: Liability protection heads to New Mexico Governor’s desk – Spaceports
Legal Action Against China Unlikely in Space Junk Crash with Russian Satellite – Space.com
Senate offers its own take on FY13 NASA budget – Space Politics
Explanatory Statement for the Senate Substitute Continuing Resolution (NASA Excerpts) – SpaceRef
South Korea’s Emergent Missile Defence Capabilities – Missile Threat
Jim Green Clarifies Travel Policy for LPSC 2013 – Space Policy Online
White House Moves Forward With Export Control Reform – Space Policy Online
Status Check on the FY2013 CR and FY2014 Budget Resolutions – Space Policy Online
Space threats double feature in Congress next week – Space Politics
Aviation Law
TSA Approved New Uniforms As Sequester Loomed – Aero-News Update
Qantas Jet Still Doesn’t Call Australia Home – Export Law Blog
China investing in destabilising UAV capabilities: report – Flightglobal
The Global Swarm – Foreign Policy
Strong economic benefit to allowing UAS into civil airspace, says industry – FLoghtglobal
How Many Lawyers Does It Take to Export a Lug Nut?* – Export Law Blog
Air France v Folkerts – Aviation Law Prof Blog
Privacy and Domestic Use of Drones – Air Force General Counsel Blog
Geospatial Law
Spatial Law and Policy Survey – Spatial Law and Policy
Will We Expect the Media To Protect Location Privacy? – Spatial Law and Policy
Cyberlaw
Cyberwar in the Underworld: Anonymous versus Los Zetas in Mexico – Small Wars Journal
Donilon issues stern cyber warning to China – DoD Buzz
The Donilon Approach to Cybersecurity – Lawfare
Collaborating on Telecommunications and Human Rights – CDT
Spy Chief Says Little Danger of Cyber ‘Pearl Harbor’ in Next Two Years – Threat Level
WaPo: Public Debate on Offensive Cyber Strategy? – Lawfare
Sequestration, Cyber and the 2013 Worldwide Threat Assessment – Lawfare
Cyber framing of reality – Homeland Security Watch
Dale on Popular Constitutionalism via the Web – The Faculty Lounge
A total cyber blackout in North Korea would affect about 1,000 citizens – FP Passport
Plug and Play Cybercriminals – Air Force General Counsel Blog
KCNA accuses US, allies of cyberattacks – North Korea Tech