In our 274th episode of The Cyberlaw Podcast, Stewart Baker interviews Paul Scharre (@paul_scharre) from the Center for a New American Security and Greg Allen (@gregory_c_allen) from the Defense Department's newly formed Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. Stewart is also joined by Dave Aitel (@daveaitel), Mieke Eoyang (@MiekeEoyang), and Nick Weaver (@ncweaver) to discuss: Attorney General Bill Barr revived the "warrant-proof encryption debate, but did Facebook inadvertently guarantee Barr's victory in that debate?; Election hacking is all over the news: The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has created a new position to oversee election security intelligence.; A new Senate Intelligence Committee report concluded that all 50 states were targeted by the Russians in 2016.; NSA is going to establish a Cybersecurity Directorate this year.; Dave Aitel's own firm, Immunity Inc., stirred controversy when it released a version of the BlueKeep exploit in its commercial pentesting software.; Marcus Hutchins, the hero of WannaCry, pled guilty to distributing malware but was sentenced to time served.; And more! The views expressed in this podcast are those of the speakers and do not reflect the opinions of the firm.

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