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Aliya Sternstein
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Investigative journalist, JD, & Georgetown Law research manager reporting on national security, AI safety, and psychology. Reach me more securely on Signal at Aliya.54.
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · Sep 6
Wrote about at-risk VA hospitals turning to 'AI' weapons detection systems that the FTC and security specialists say don't perform as advertised, via @MilitaryTimes and ‪@militarytimes.bsky.social‬
www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...
VA hospitals pay for AI weapons scanners testers say are error-prone
VA continues to award contracts for pricey, "high-tech" weapons detection systems that the FTC and security specialists argue don't perform as advertised.
www.militarytimes.com
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Via @defense_news
https://www.defensenews.com/industry/techwatch/2025/05/06/how-ai-voicebots-threaten-the-psyche-of-us-service-members-and-spies/
How AI voicebots threaten the psyche of US service member...
Artificial intelligence voice agents with a wide range of...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
What’s to Stop Algorithm-Driven Recruiters From Rejecting Able Federal Workers With Neuro-Divergent Disabilities?
via @just_security
https://www.justsecurity.org/104604/algorithm-driven-recruiter-federal-workers/
What’s to Stop Algorithm-Driven Recruiters From Rejecting...
The U.S. government has bought AI-assisted recruiting aid...
www.justsecurity.org
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
http://stanfordlawreview.org/online/long-term-immunity-protecting-drug-developers-from-liability-for-late-occurring-serious-reactions-to-emergency-vaccines/  Thank you @GeorgetownLaw & @oneillinstitute.
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Long-Term Immunity: Protecting Drug Developers from Liability for Late–Occurring Serious Reactions to Emergency Vaccines, 76 STAN. L. REV. ONLINE 72, via @StanLRev...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Condemning Those with Multiple Disabilities to Die: Dual Diagnosis of Substance Abuse and Intellectual Disability in Capital Sentencing Proceedings, 92 UMKC L. Rev. 153, via @HeinOnline
http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/umkc92&div=8&id=&page=
About | HeinOnline
Learn about HeinOnline, a premier online research platfor...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Healthcare workers’ freedom of movement in times of pandemics: an emerging norm of customary international law, 19 Global Health 83 (2023), via @GHJournal
http://globalizationandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12992-023-00985-y
Healthcare workers’ freedom of movement in times of pande...
Background A shortage of healthcare workers can hinder th...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
‘Our Man in Arlington,’ local historian Charlie Clark, dies at 70 | http://ARLnow.com https://www.arlnow.com/2023/11/17/our-man-in-arlington-local-historian-charlie-clark-dies-at-70/
ARLnow | Arlington, Va. local news
ARLnow is the up-to-the-minute source for breaking news, ...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/06/26/underborrowing-other-student-loan-crisis-opinion
Underborrowing is the other student loan crisis (opinion)
Some graduate schools don’t let students borrow enough fo...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
The Other Student Loan Crisis: Some graduate schools don’t let students borrow enough for basic needs like food and medicine, Aliya Sternstein and Charles Pruett write via @insidehighered...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Condemning Those with Multiple Disabilities to Die: Dual Diagnosis of Substance Abuse and Intellectual Disability in Capital Sentencing Proceedings, UMKC Law Review, Forthcoming, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4198560
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
New Originalism: Arizona’s Founding Progressives on Extreme Punishment, https://arizonalawreview.org/new-originalism-arizonas-founding-progressives-on-extreme-punishment/
New Originalism: Arizona’s Founding Progressives on Extre...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
The basis for killing network neutrality rules is bogus, studies say
via @Publici @salon
http://publicintegrity.org/2018/06/12/21849/basis-killing-network-neutrality-rules-bogus-studies-say
The basis for killing network neutrality rules is bogus, ...
When the nation’s top telecommunications regulator decide...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Update: CIA discarding old inquiries into news media leaks, per Archivist's signature and new record 'disposition authorities'
via @thedailybeast
http://thedailybeast.com/cia-plans-to-destroy-some-of-its-old-leak-files/
CIA Plans to Destroy Some of Its Old Leak Files
The National Archives has tentatively approved a proposal...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Obama Team Did Some ‘Extreme Vetting’ of Muslims Before Trump, New Documents Show
via @thedailybeast
http://thedailybeast.com/obama-team-did-some-extreme-vetting-of-muslims-before-trump-new-documents-show
Obama Team Did ‘Extreme Vetting’ of Muslims Before Trump
Social-media screening of aspiring immigrants, many from ...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Could ICE Get the Fingerprints of Nannies and Teachers?
via @thedailybeast
http://thedailybeast.com/will-ice-get-its-hands-on-the-fbis-fingerprints
Could ICE Get the Fingerprints of Nannies and Teachers?
The top immigration cop wants to crack down on undocument...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Outside groups are manipulating student loan customer accounts and getting away with it. http://fcw.com/articles/2017/08/08/education-fsa-loan-tampering-cyber.aspx
via @FCWnow
Nextgov/FCW
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Airlines are giving your face to DHS http://thedailybeast.com/airlines-are-giving-your-face-to-the-government
Airlines Are Giving Your Face to Homeland Security
Cameras photograph travelers, capture their data, and sca...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Federal student loan accounts targeted in data tampering case --but no charges http://fcw.com/articles/2017/08/08/education-fsa-loan-tampering-cyber.aspx
Nextgov/FCW
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
CIA Plans to Destroy Some of Its Old Leak Files http://thedailybeast.com/cia-plans-to-destroy-some-of-its-old-leak-files
CIA Plans to Destroy Some of Its Old Leak Files
The National Archives has tentatively approved a proposal...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Judge authorized order allowing US to change data in thousands of infected devices
via @arstechnica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/04/fbi-allays-some-critics-with-first-use-of-new-mass-hacking-warrant/
FBI allays some critics with first use of new mass-hackin...
Judge authorized order allowing US to change data in thou...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
A more connected military means new battlefield glitches, too
via @CSMPasscode http://csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2017/0331/A-more-connected-military-means-new-battlefield-glitches-too
A more connected military means new battlefield glitches,...
With its $52 million initiative to vastly expand connecti...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
The cyber is falling. Thx @mikebfarrell @SaraSorcher @JackDetsch for @CSMPasscode Set to read/watch what u do next! http://csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2017/0322/Passcode-signs-off
Passcode signs off
The Monitor’s cybersecurity and privacy project ends Marc...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Estonia's lessons for fighting Russian disinformation
The Baltic via @CSMPasscode http://csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2017/0324/Estonia-s-lessons-for-fighting-Russian-disinformation
Estonia's lessons for fighting Russian disinformation
The Baltic nation has long had an adversarial relationshi...
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Aliya Sternstein @aliyasternstein.bsky.social · May 8
Did WikiLeaks just unmask CIA cyberoperations?
via
@JackDetsch @CSMPasscode
http://csmonitor.com/World/Passcode/2017/0307/Did-WikiLeaks-just-unmask-CIA-cyberoperations
Did WikiLeaks just unmask CIA cyberoperations?
The antisecrecy site released a trove of alleged CIA hack...
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