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The WhatsApp-NSO Group Lawsuit and the Limits of Lawful Hacking
A recent lawsuit by WhatsApp against a spyware company may signal the beginning of the end for lawful hacking as a solution to the problem of law enforcement access to encrypted data. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Impeachment and Election Security
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The Cyberlaw Podcast: ByteDance Bitten by CFIUS
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Call for Teams: The Atlantic Council’s Cyber 9/12 Policy Competition in Austin in January
The Atlantic Council’s famous “Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge” competition is coming to Austin in January, in partnership with the Strauss Center at the University of Texas. Form your team and apply now! -
A Thoughtful Response to Going Dark and the Child Pornography Issue
Rep. Anna Eshoo and Sen. Ron Wyden have written a thoughtful letter calling on law enforcement to employ currently available digital investigative capabilities. -
The Week That Will Be
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Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lawfare’s daily roundup of national-security news and opinions. -
France Makes a Play to Try Foreign Fighters in Iraq
The French foreign minister has made a trip to Iraq to attempt to make a deal to try foreign fighters in the country. The plan faces diplomatic obstacles abroad and opposition at home. -
Affidavit Alleges Colorado Man Sought to Blow Up Synagogue
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House Committees Release Transcripts of Marie Yovanovitch and Michael McKinley Testimony
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The Report, Episode Fourteen: The Fixer Flips
Today, we released the fourteenth episode of Lawfare’s narrative audio documentary, The Report, which recounts the story Robert Mueller lays out in his 448-page report. -
Second Circuit Rules Mazars Must Hand Over Trump Tax Returns to New York Prosecutors
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Are Facebook and Google State Actors?
If Congress had done in almost any other setting what it’s done to online speech, the unconstitutionality would have been immediately apparent. -
Depoliticizing Foreign Interference
Democrats and Republicans alike should prioritize responding to interference from Beijing, imposing additional sanctions on malign actors, closing financial loopholes, raising standards for technology co... -
The Lawfare Podcast: In the Brush in Brooks County
Last month at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Stephanie Leutert, director of the Mexico Security Initiative at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of T... -
The Week that Was: All of Lawfare in One Post
Your weekly summary of everything on the site. -
The CIA’s Legal Obligation to Report the Ukraine Information to the Attorney General
The CIA was obligated to report to the Justice Department information regarding the Ukraine call, but the process by which the initial report was made in this case appears in several aspects to be at v... -
A Security Failure in the White House
We all remember the conclusions of the January 2017 Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report: -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
A new Washington Post-ABC News poll finds that the U.S. public remains sharply divided over whether President Trump should be impeached and removed from office with 49 percent of Americans in support of ... -
A Constitutional Moment in Sudan
Over the past 10 months, Sudan has been rocked by a historic revolution. In August, the Transitional Military Council and the Forces of Freedom and Change agreed to a new interim constitution, ushering i...
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The Situation: Where’s the Lie?
The government’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution raises one very big and important question. -
U.S. Military Detention and Transfer in Its Fight Against Cartels
The recent detention and repatriation of two survivors of a U.S. military strike marks another legal evolution in the Trump administration’s claimed armed conflict with drug cartels. -
Lawfare Live, The Now: Tariff Oral Argument at the Supreme Court
On Nov. 5 at 3:30 pm ET join Scott R. Anderson, Peter Harrell, and Kathleen Claussen for a live discussion.
