Many Americans think public opinion will protect the judiciary from executive overreach. Evidence from other democracies suggests otherwise.

A 1955 congressional report on automation offers a blueprint for AI governance: Focus on economic growth, human development, and adaptation.

Who is accountable for this?

In an unexpected way, ambition counteracts ambition. 

U.S. adversaries are exploiting technology to expose FBI operations, revealing the Bureau’s failure to respond to a networked world.

Defense planners are prepared to accept risk to deter China, but what does that mean for counterterrorism?

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The latest edition of the Seriously Risky Business cybersecurity newsletter, now on Lawfare.

The Justice Department is advancing a radical theory of presidential power, nullifying Congress’s foreign affairs powers whenever the president finds them inconvenient.

My resignation from the FBI. 

 A review of Jessica Pishko, “The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy” (Dutton, 2024) and Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, “The Power of the Badge: Sherif...

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A new podcast to make sense of the AI revolution.

Both diplomatically and militarily, Ukraine is opening up new fronts against Russia around the world.