A proposal to authorize the private sector’s use of offensive cyber operations raises old questions without offering many new answers. 

Conspiracy theories about 2020 fraud are being dredged up again as pretext for consolidating federal control over elections.

Mexico’s government is successfully taking the fight to the cartels, but Trump is pressing for more.

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AI agents have sparked an urgent debate in China about data privacy and security that holds huge lessons for the U.S. and the future of AI everywhere. 

A review of Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, “Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department” (Penguin Press, 2025).

Sometimes you get away with reckless and stupid decisions.

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

A new chapter of federal law could bring clarity to the government’s acquisition of mobile location data. 

Replacing the SCA’s patchwork of carve-outs with a single warrant rule would better protect privacy and clarify the law.

Nondisclosure orders can prevent cloud users from defending their legal rights. A data proxy could act on their behalf.

Modern communications and privacy law needs technology-neutral rules.

Targeted fixes for a landmark cross-border data law that has been misread and underused.

Should police be able to search millions of users’ data to find a suspect? Reverse searches show why the law needs limits. 

When lawyers are motivated to “get to yes,” their work is prone to bullshit (in the technical sense). And this OLC opinion is full of it.