Applying lessons from counterterrorist financing strategies to drug cartels.

Why on Earth is Trump suing the Wall Street Journal?

Your weekly summary of everything on the site.  

Historical precedent and financial leverage indicate a negotiated route to delivering reparations for civilian harm in Ukraine is possible.

A review of Ashley Deeks, “The Double Black Box: National Security, Artificial Intelligence, and Struggle for Democratic Accountability” (Oxford University Press, 2025)

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

The Supreme Court’s recent orders clear the way for the Trump administration to continue RIFs.

The sale of 23andMe’s DNA database underscores the need to ban the transaction of Americans’ genetic data as a corporate asset.

Congress and the Trump administration are using appropriations law to entrench the Defense Department’s roles in migrant detention and immigration enforcement. 

I have a better idea. 

A structured framework to evaluate the risks and benefits of authorizing private companies to “hack back.”

Trump’s first executive order on cybersecurity embraced more Biden initiatives than it overturned, but still misses the mark—accountability.

Media commentary suggested that President Trump’s June airstrikes overrode broad congressional opposition. The truth is more nuanced.